60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Portland Including the Coast, Mount Hood, St. Helens, and the Santiam River

60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Portland by Paul Gerald profiles 60 select trails that give outdoor adventurers a little of everything there is to enjoy around Portland: mountain views, forest solitude, picturesque streams, strenuous workouts, casual strolls, fascinating history, fields of flowers, awesome waterfalls, and ocean beaches. Whether readers want a convenient city bus ride to the flat and fascinating Washington Park, a bumpy drive to Lookout Mountain, or the thigh-burning experiences that are Kings and Elk Mountains, this book lets them know what to bring, how to get to the trailhead, where to go on the trail, and what to look for while hiking. Updated maps, new hikes, even more rankings and categories, fresh photography, and useful backpacking options make the newest edition of this authoritative guide to Portland's best day hikes the most exciting yet.

Paul Gerald's writing career began in the sports department of the much-missed Dallas Times Herald. He later worked for the Memphis Commercial Appeal and the Memphis Flyer before setting out as a freelancer. His work has appeared in Northwest Airlines’ WorldTraveler, Portland’s Willamette Week, Dish Magazine, Weissmann Travel Reports, and numerous newspapers around the country.

Gerald’s hiking life started at age 12, when he went to a summer camp in the Absoraka Mountains of Wyoming. He became a trail and road hound at that point, and his hometown of Memphis never looked the same. He’s hiked in the Rocky Mountains from New Mexico to Montana, as well as in Appalachia, Alaska, Nepal, and Argentina. In 1996 he moved to Portland to be close to the ocean, the mountains, and the big trees.

Gerald is co-author of The Best in Tent Camping: Oregon (Menasha Ridge Press), and the author of Day and Overnight Hikes: Oregon’s Pacific Crest Trail, (Menasha Ridge Press) and Breakfast in Bridgetown (Bacon and Eggs Press). For more, see paulgerald.com.

COLUMBIA GORGE

1 Angels Rest–Devils Rest

2 Beacon Rock–Hamilton Mountain

3 Catherine Creek

4 Coyote Wall–The Labyrinth

5 Dog Mountain

6 Eagle Creek

7 Chinidere Mountain

8 Larch Mountain

9 McCall Nature Preserve

10 Table Mountain

11 Triple Falls

12 Wahkeena Falls to Multnomah Falls


AROUND MOUNT ST. HELENS

13 Ape Canyon

14 Bluff Mountain

15 Lava Canyon

16 Lewis River

17 Falls Creek Falls

18 Silver Star Mountain

19 Siouxon Creek

20 Trapper Creek Wilderness


UP THE CLACKAMAS RIVER

21 Bagby Hot Springs

22 Bull of the Woods

23 Clackamas River

24 Memaloose Lake/South Fork Mountain

25 Roaring River Wilderness

26 Whetstone Mountain


UP THE SANTIAM RIVER

27 Battle Ax Mountain

28 Breitenbush Hot Springs Area

29 Opal Creek Wilderness


AROUND MOUNT HOOD

30 Barlow Pass

31 Cooper Spur

32 Elk Meadows

33 Lookout Mountain

34 Lost Lake

35 McNeil Point

36 Mirror Lake

37 Ramona Falls

38 Salmon Butte

39 Salmon River–Devils Peak

40 Tamanawas Falls

41 Timberline Lodge

42 Trillium Lake

43 Twin Lakes

44 Vista Ridge

45 Wildwood Recreation Area

46 Burnt Lake–Zigzag Mountain


THE COAST AND COAST RANGE

47 Cape Lookout State Park

48 Cascade Head

49 Drift Creek Falls

50 Kings Mountain–Elk Mountain

51 Oswald West State Park

52 Saddle Mountain

53 Wilson River Trail


IN PORTLAND AND THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY

54 Macleay Trail

55 Marquam Trail to Council Crest

56 Oaks Bottom/Willamette River

57 Sauvie Island

58 Silver Falls State Park

59 Tryon Creek State Park

60 Washington Park–Hoyt Arboretum