Jordan Woods Hike
From Oregon Hikers Field Guide
- Start point: Jackie Husen Park Trailhead
- End point: Cedar Mill Park Trailhead
- Hike type: In and out with spurs or loop
- Distance: 1.7 miles
- Elevation gain: 180 feet
- High point: 450 feet
- Difficulty: Easy
- Seasons: All year
- Family Friendly: Yes
- Backpackable: No
- Crowded: On weekends
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Description
A 2008 voter-approved bond measure allowed the Tualatin Hills Park and Recreation District to develop natural spaces around Cedar Mill Creek. The measure provided funding for a universal access trail which leads through Jordan Woods. You can also take spurs from this short paved route to Cedar Mill Park and down to Cedar Mill Creek itself. With the opening of the new Jordan Woods Trail in 2013 and the Cedar Mill Park connector in 2014, visitors can now access the woods above this section of Cedar Mill Creek from three different directions. Note that the area was much affected by the January 2024 ice storm, when many large conifers came crashing down.
Walk clockwise on the paved trail around the lawn area at Jackie Husen Park. Come to the sign for the Jordan Woods Natural Area, and follow the wide trail into a leafy forest of Douglas-fir, western red-cedar and big-leaf maple. Cedar Mill Creek runs down to your left. Soon come to a junction, at which you can turn left to descend the slope on a gravel trail. The path switchbacks to a footbridge over the Cedar Mill Creek. After the bridge, there’s a boardwalk through a lush skunk-cabbage bottomland and then a staircase ascends 62 steps to Lost Park Drive.
Return to the junction with the universal access trail, and turn left for the Cedar Mill Creek Overlook. Twinberry bushes line the trail and benches and sculpted waypoints invite you to contemplate nature. You'll pass steps leading up to 107th Avenue: this is the spur route to Cedar Mill Park. The universal access trail loops down to a walled overlook. There's also a short set of steps that cuts off the switchback. Cedar Mill Creek is visible from the overlook when the leaves are down, but there’s not much of a view in summer.
Return to the steps, and head up to 107th Avenue. Cross Jordan Lane, and then find the paved trail that leads left past homes and into a leafy corridor of maples. Enter the developed area of Cedar Mill Park, its playground under tall Douglas-firs, which also shade a few picnic tables. The path continues to the parking area for Cedar Mill Park and then drops past tennis courts to complete a short loop.
Return the way you came to Jordan Woods, descending the steps from the end of 107th Avenue and turning left. Alternatively, you can turn left off 107th Avenue on Jordan Lane. From the vehicle barrier on Jordan Lane, a chip trail leads down past a fenced dog run to Jackie Husen Park.
Fees, Regulations, etc.
- Port-a-potties, picnic tables, play areas at Jackie Husen Park and Cedar Mill Park
- Keep dogs on leash
- Off-leash dog run at Jackie Husen Park
Maps
- Maps: Hike Finder
- Nature and Trails Map (Tualatin Hills Park and Recreation District)
- Tualatin Hills Park and Recreation District: Trails
Trip Reports
- Search Trip Reports for Jordan Woods Hike
Related Discussions / Q&A
- Search Trail Q&A for Jordan Woods Hike
Guidebooks that cover this hike
- Wild in the City: Exploring the Intertwine edited by Michael C. Houck and M.J. Cody
- Exploring the Tualatin River Basin by Tualatin Riverkeepers
More Links
- Jackie Husen Park (Tualatin Hills Park & Recreation District)
- Jordan Woods Natural Area (Tualatin Hills Park & Recreation District)
- Cedar Mill Park (Tualatin Hills Park & Recreation District)
- “Cedar Mill residents praise new Jordan Woods trail” (Oregon Live)
- "Jordan Woods trail open now" (Cedar Mill News)
- “Cedar Mill Park reopens with new features” (Beaverton Valley Times)
- “Redeveloped Cedar Mill Park reopens with host of improvements” (Oregon Live)
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