Portland, OR: Terwilleger Trail
Escape to a luscious enclave of rolling hills covered by mature hardwoods and trickling streams just seconds from the city on this 6-mile out-and-back.
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Trail Facts
- Distance: 4.8
Waypoints
TWT001
Location: 45.5029106140137, -122.691802978516
From Marquam Shelter Trailhead, bear L @ 3-way on Shelter Trail and climb gravel maintenance road.
TWT002
Location: 45.501781463623, -122.693801879883
Straight on Shelter Trail @ T. L trail leads to the nearby campus of Oregon Health & Science University, the state’s only health and research university
TWT003
Location: 45.499439239502, -122.695198059082
Continue straight and join Marquam Trail to climb 10 steep switchbacks. The Marquam Nature Park was named after Philip Marquam, a state legislator in the 1880s and regarded as a prominent pioneer of the city
TWT004
Location: 45.4977912902832, -122.694396972656
Cross Marquim Hill Rd, veer L to continue uphill on Marquam Trail
TWT005
Location: 45.4962310791016, -122.692901611328
Trail curves in downhill S shape with two intersections. Continue on signed Marquam Trail alongside healthy maples and rhododendrons
TWT006
Location: 45.4962005615234, -122.691398620605
Cross small wooden footbridge then climb stairs
TWT007
Location: 45.4929504394531, -122.688903808594
Cross footbridge
TWT008
Location: 45.4910888671875, -122.68920135498
Last footbridge over lazy but murmuring creek
TWT009
Location: 45.4910583496094, -122.687103271484
Cross Terwilleger Blvd., proceed 1.3 mi. uphill and parallel with road on Terwilleger Trail (George Himes Trail). Look L through trees for distant view of Portland’s Willamette River and Ross Island
TWT010
Location: 45.4804382324219, -122.686897277832
Cross SW Capitol Hwy. and continue straight down the paved path next to road.
TWT011
Location: 45.4771919250488, -122.684204101562
Turn L @ SW Nebraska, the entrance to George Himes Park, home to a variety of bigleaf maples, western red cedar, black cottonwood and Norway pines. Pack a good book to read while overlooking the mighty Willamette River before returning on same route.