Checklist

This page is a work in progress…

We are taking as our guide on Exploring Portland’s Natural Areas the book Wild in the City: Exploring the Intertwine: The Portland-Vancouver Region’s Network of Parks, Trails, and Natural Areas, edited by Michael C. Houck and M.J. Cody. The checklist below is composed from the listings in this book. Once we have visited a location, I will link the post(s) dedicated to it on the checklist. Locations marked by an asterisk (*) we have added to the checklist.

Checklist

Lower Willamette River Watershed (includes Tryon Creek Watershed)
__ Graham Oaks Nature Park
__ Upper Willamette Narrows (paddle, features __Old West Linn’s Willamette Park, __Rock Island, __Molalla River State Park)
__ Canemah Bluff Natural Area
__ Camassia Natural Area
__ Mount Talbert Nature Park
__ Lower Willamette River Loop (bike, features __Sellwood Riverfront Park, __Johnson Creek confluence, __Spring Park, __Meldrum Bar Park, __Clackamette Park, _George Rogers Park)
__ Arnold Park
__ Tryon Creek State Natural Area
__ *Marshall Park
__ *Riverview Natural Area
__ Lower Willamette River (paddle, features __Goat Island, __Cedar Island, __Mary S. Young State Park, __Hogg Island, __Willamette Cove)
__ Bryant Woods Nature Park
__ Canal Acres Natural Area
__ Elk Rock Island & __ Spring Park Natural Area
__ Peter Kerr Park
__ Springwater on the Willamette Trail (bike, features __Peace Memorial Park, __Ross Island, __Ross Island Lagoon, __Holgate Channel, __East Island, __Hardtack Island)
__ Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge
__ Sellwood Riverfront Park
__ Sellwood Park
__ Ross Island (paddle, features __East Island, __Hardtack Island, __Toe Island, __Willamette Park, __Cottonwood Bay, __Heron Pointe Wetlands)
__ The Willamette Greenway (bike/walk, features __Tom McCall Waterfront Park, __ South Waterfront Park and Beach, __Willamette Park, __Willamette Butterfly Park, __Stephens Creek, __Powers Marine Park)
__ A Cheapskate’s Ramble (walk, features

Upper Willamette Narrows Paddle
Camassia Preserve
Mary S. Young State Park
Tryon Creek and Lake Oswego Area

Tryon Creek State Park
Marshall Park
*Maricara Natural Area
*Berry Botanical Garden
Beth Ryan Nature Reserve
Bryant Woods Nature Park/Canal Acres Natural Area

Elk Rock Island and Spring Park
Mt. Scott and Kellogg Creek Watershed
North Clackamas District Park
Sellwood Riverfront Park
Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge (1st visit)
Willamette Park
Willamette Butterfly Park
Ross Island Loop
South Park Blocks
40-Mile Loop: Terwilliger Parkway through Forest Park

George Himes Nature Park
Marquam Nature Trail
The Lands of the Wildwood Trail

Washington Park
Hoyt Arboretum
Pittock Mansion Acres Park
Forest Park
Macleay Park and Balch Creek Canyon
Audubon Society of Portland Sanctuaries

Vaux’s Swifts of Chapman School
Portland Bridge Walks
Rooftop Garden Tour
Willamette Cove
Mt. Tabor Park

Tualatin River Watershed
Jackson Bottom Wetland Preserve
Fernhill Wetlands
Hyland Forest Park
Brookhaven Park and Lowami Hart Woods Park
Bethany Lake Park
Willow Creek Nature Park
Salix Park
Apache Bluff Wetland
Brown’s Ferry Park
Atfalati Park
Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge
Tualatin Hills Nature Park
Jordan Park
Oregon Episcopal School Marsh
Vista Brook Park
Koll Center Wetlands
Summerlake Park
Cook Park

Clackamas River watershed
Clackamas River Watershed
Eagle Fern Park

Johnson Creek Watershed
Johnson Creek Watershed
Gresham Main City Park

Our additions for exploring nature in Portland
Cannon Beach
Ecola State Park
Gabriel Park
Graham Oaks Nature Park, Wilsonville
Multnomah Falls
Oregon Museum of Science and Industry
Wildlife statues in downtown