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Marquam Nature Park is a 203.5-acre (82.4 ha) park, located in the gulch northeast of Marquam hill in southwest Portland, Oregon, United States. The park was acquired by Portland Parks & Recreation in 1979. [1] Marquam Nature Park is in Southwest Portland in the Tualatin Mountains, also known as the West Hills, and has several miles of hiking ...
The city of Portland, Oregon, has more than 10,000 acres (4,000 ha) of public parks and other natural areas, [1]. Portland is home to one of the largest municipal parks in the United States, Forest Park, as well as the world's smallest park—at 61 centimetres (24 in) in diameter—Mill Ends Park.
The Tryon Creek State Natural Area is a state park located primarily in Portland, in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is the only Oregon state park within a major metropolitan area . [ 5 ] The 645-acre (261 ha) park lies between Boones Ferry Road and Terwilliger Boulevard in southwest Portland in Multnomah County and northern Lake Oswego in ...
The park contains 2.8 miles of hiking trails, one of which connects via the Alex Brown Covered Bridge to Fairview Community Park, a smaller park containing a playground, gazebo, and large lawn. [3] [4] The park contains two large ponds. West Salish Pond is 6.2 acres and 42 feet deep. East Salish Pond is 11.74 acres and 18 feet deep. [2]
It is also the longest section of the 40-Mile Loop, a trail network of roughly 150 miles (240 km) reaching many parts of the Portland metropolitan area. [62] The trail runs southeast to northwest from trail marker 0 in Washington Park to Northwest Newberry Road, just beyond trail marker 30 on the ridge above the southeastern end of Sauvie Island.
Powell Butte hosts the Powell Butte Nature Park, which encompasses an area of about 612 acres (2.48 km 2). [13] The nature park was established by Portland city government in 1987 and opened to the public in 1990 and is maintained by Portland Parks & Recreation; it currently includes a natural area, trails for biking, horseback riding, and
Tideman Johnson Natural Area is a city park of about 7.7 acres (3.1 ha) in southeast Portland, in the U.S. state of Oregon. [2] Located at Southeast 37th Avenue and Tenino Street along Johnson Creek, the site is named for a mid-19th century family named Johnson that encouraged public use of its land along the creek.
Located in southeast Portland's Brentwood-Darlington neighborhood, [5] the 14.25-acre (5.77 ha) park includes Oregon ash wetlands and Errol Creek which feeds into nearby Johnson Creek. [6] In 2018, Portland Parks & Recreation began a project to restore wildlife habitat and add amenities to the park. The project cost 12 million dollars and was ...