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* Family Friendly: Yes | * Family Friendly: Yes | ||
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=== Description === | === Description === | ||
− | The Clackamas' Riverside Trail #723 is designated a National Recreation Trail and offers a relatively languid day's outing along its undulating course. | + | The Clackamas' Riverside Trail #723 is designated a National Recreation Trail and offers a relatively languid day's outing along its undulating course. It slow elevation makes it a suitable destination three seasons out of the year: you can observe steelhead migrations in the spring and fall and the maples provide a brilliant yellow glow in October/early November. The month of June sees blooming rhododendrons and Clackamas white irises. The old growth is there to be admired all year. Campgrounds at either end and a couple of campsites along the way permit you to stay overnight. |
From the trailhead parking area at the [[Rainbow Campground Trailhead|Rainbow Campground]], light out on the trail and cross a log bridge before passing a huge Douglas-fir. You'll pass over a small slough with little pools of water among the rocks. The Oak Grove Fork flows to the right as you hike under Douglas-fir, hemlock, vine maple, bigleaf maple and alder. The trail rises above a bluff and you will get glimpses of the Clackamas River below. Wend through the woods and come to an overlook above the Clackamas. Keep right in a clearing with a fork in the trail and drop to a boardwalk. Cross a footbridge and head up before dropping again and then ascending under cedars, hemlocks and mossy Douglas-firs. Switchback down and cross another footbridge. With the rive rot your right, squeeze between some large boulders, switchback and descend. Cross the footbridge over Mag Creek and hike up the slope: here, vine maple and big-leaf maple put on a spectacular display in the fall. | From the trailhead parking area at the [[Rainbow Campground Trailhead|Rainbow Campground]], light out on the trail and cross a log bridge before passing a huge Douglas-fir. You'll pass over a small slough with little pools of water among the rocks. The Oak Grove Fork flows to the right as you hike under Douglas-fir, hemlock, vine maple, bigleaf maple and alder. The trail rises above a bluff and you will get glimpses of the Clackamas River below. Wend through the woods and come to an overlook above the Clackamas. Keep right in a clearing with a fork in the trail and drop to a boardwalk. Cross a footbridge and head up before dropping again and then ascending under cedars, hemlocks and mossy Douglas-firs. Switchback down and cross another footbridge. With the rive rot your right, squeeze between some large boulders, switchback and descend. Cross the footbridge over Mag Creek and hike up the slope: here, vine maple and big-leaf maple put on a spectacular display in the fall. | ||
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=== Maps === | === Maps === | ||
{{Hikemaps|latitude=45.13691|longitude=-121.8524}} | {{Hikemaps|latitude=45.13691|longitude=-121.8524}} | ||
− | * [http://www.mappingsupport.com/p/gmap4.php?q=http://www.trailadvocate.org/wp-content/uploads/ | + | * [http://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5405702.pdf Riverside Trail #723 (USFS)] |
+ | * [http://www.mappingsupport.com/p/gmap4.php?t=t2&q=http://www.trailadvocate.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/RiversideTrail.gpx Riverside Trail (Trail Advocates)] | ||
* Green Trails Maps: ''High Rock, OR #493'' | * Green Trails Maps: ''High Rock, OR #493'' | ||
* U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service: ''Clackamas River Ranger District'' | * U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service: ''Clackamas River Ranger District'' | ||
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− | * [http://www.oregonhikers.org/forum/viewtopic.php? | + | * [http://www.oregonhikers.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8296 Riverside Trail - Clackamas River] |
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=== More Links === | === More Links === | ||
− | * [http://www.fs.usda.gov/ | + | * [http://www.fs.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsinternet/!ut/p/c4/04_SB8K8xLLM9MSSzPy8xBz9CP0os3gDfxMDT8MwRydLA1cj72BTJw8jAwjQL8h2VAQAzHJMsQ!!?ss=110606&ttype=recarea&recid=53016&actid=50&navtype=BROWSEBYSUBJECT&position=BROWSEBYSUBJECT&navid=110400000000000&pnavid=110000000000000&cid=null&pname=Clackamas+River+Ranger+District+-+Riverside+Trail Riverside Trail #723 (USFS)] |
− | * [http://www.trailadvocate.org/trails/ | + | * [http://www.trailadvocate.org/trails/723-2/ Riverside National Recreation Trail 723 (Trail Advocates)] |
− | * [http:// | + | * [http://www.americantrails.org/NRTDatabase/trailDetail.php?recordID=2325 Riverside Trail (National Recreation Trails)] |
− | * [http:// | + | * [http://photomomlinda.blogspot.com/2011/06/clackamas-riverside-trail.html Clackamas Riverside Trail (Linda's Lens)] |
+ | * [http://archive.statesmanjournal.com/article/20140111/COLUMN0403/301110002/Gjonnes-Riverside-Trail-picturesque-hike-along-Clackamas-River "Riverside Trail is a picturesque hike along Clackamas River" (Statesman Journal)] | ||
+ | * [http://www.oregonhiking.com/oregon-adventures/100-hikes-in-northwest-oregon-and-southwest-washington/hikes-in-the-clackamas-foothills/riverside-trail-hike Riverside Trail (Oregon Adventures)] | ||
=== Page Contributors === | === Page Contributors === | ||
* [[User:bobcat|bobcat]] (creator) | * [[User:bobcat|bobcat]] (creator) |
Revision as of 01:32, 16 September 2015
- Start point: Rainbow Campground Trailhead
- End Point: Riverside Campground Trailhead
- Trail Log:
- Hike Type: Out and Back
- Distance: 7.6 miles round-trip
- Elevation gain: 575 feet
- High Point: 1,495 feet
- Difficulty: Moderate
- Seasons: Spring through Fall
- Family Friendly: Yes
- Backpackable: Yes
- Crowded: No
Contents |
Description
The Clackamas' Riverside Trail #723 is designated a National Recreation Trail and offers a relatively languid day's outing along its undulating course. It slow elevation makes it a suitable destination three seasons out of the year: you can observe steelhead migrations in the spring and fall and the maples provide a brilliant yellow glow in October/early November. The month of June sees blooming rhododendrons and Clackamas white irises. The old growth is there to be admired all year. Campgrounds at either end and a couple of campsites along the way permit you to stay overnight.
From the trailhead parking area at the Rainbow Campground, light out on the trail and cross a log bridge before passing a huge Douglas-fir. You'll pass over a small slough with little pools of water among the rocks. The Oak Grove Fork flows to the right as you hike under Douglas-fir, hemlock, vine maple, bigleaf maple and alder. The trail rises above a bluff and you will get glimpses of the Clackamas River below. Wend through the woods and come to an overlook above the Clackamas. Keep right in a clearing with a fork in the trail and drop to a boardwalk. Cross a footbridge and head up before dropping again and then ascending under cedars, hemlocks and mossy Douglas-firs. Switchback down and cross another footbridge. With the rive rot your right, squeeze between some large boulders, switchback and descend. Cross the footbridge over Mag Creek and hike up the slope: here, vine maple and big-leaf maple put on a spectacular display in the fall.
Pass the spur trail that leads to the Riverside Trailhead, which allows for midway access to the trail. Head up, then down with some views of the Clackamas. A spur right leads down to a campsite by the river. The trail rises to come close to the highway under a canopy of red alder. Wood fern, pathfinder, sword fern, salal, and Oregon grape form the carpet. Descend and cross a log bridge to the level of the river and a dry channel. Note the ancient yews under huge Douglas-firs in this old growth grove. The big-leaf maples turn bright yellow in the fall. Pass a big cedar and then take a concrete walkway just next to the road over Tar Creek. There’s a nice beach by the river here. Undulate above a still section of the river under lichen-draped yews. In the fall, look for steelhead lingering in an emerald pool below. Soon tech the the Riverside Campground and turn around for the journey back.
Maps
- Maps: Hike Finder
- Riverside Trail #723 (USFS)
- Riverside Trail (Trail Advocates)
- Green Trails Maps: High Rock, OR #493
- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service: Clackamas River Ranger District
- Discover Your Northwest: Mt. Hood National Forest North: Trail Map & Hiking Guide
- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service: Mt. Hood National Forest
- National Geographic Trails Illustrated Map: Mount Hood
Trip Reports
- Search Trip Reports for Riverside Trail Hike
Related Discussions / Q&A
- Search Trail Q&A for Riverside Trail Hike
Guidebooks that cover this hike
- Hiking Mount Hood National Forest by Marcia Sinclair
More Links
- Riverside Trail #723 (USFS)
- Riverside National Recreation Trail 723 (Trail Advocates)
- Riverside Trail (National Recreation Trails)
- Clackamas Riverside Trail (Linda's Lens)
- "Riverside Trail is a picturesque hike along Clackamas River" (Statesman Journal)
- Riverside Trail (Oregon Adventures)
Page Contributors
- bobcat (creator)