Fanno Creek Tigard Hike

Overview

The Fanno Creek Trail is a suburban walking/jogging/cycling greenway that currently runs through Beaverton and Tigard. A small portion of the route is on city roads and sidewalks. Long-term plans are to extend the trail from the Tualatin River to Willamette Park in Portland. The total length of the existing trail is 8.3 miles one-way including the short extension beyond the Tigard Library. Most people do only parts of this trail, which runs through several parks in each city. The description below divides the Tigard section of the trail into two parts. 1. Englewood Park to Woodard Park Distance: 3.3 miles round-trip If you are continuing the trail from Greenway Park in Beaverton, as part of the Fanno Creek Beaverton Hike, cross Scholls Ferry Road into the eastern section of Tigard's Englewood Park. The trail heads along a corridor with Fanno Creek and its shady ashes and alders on the left. Pass a basketball court and a log weir on the creek. There are lots of blackberries in this area, ripe for the plucking in late summer. Reach North Dakota Street and go right 25 yards. Cross the street and resume the trail. Pass a grand old shaded farmhouse with grape vines. Cross over Tigard Street and enter Dirksen Nature Park. A rustic buck and rail fence borders a restored meadow on the right, while a riparian bottomland of hawthorn, ash, and sedge verges Fanno Creek on your left. Soon, you'll pass a restroom and an enchanting new playground (2019), which includes a "living willow" tunnel and a secret rock cave. The trail passes a soccer/baseball field on the right and bridges Summer Creek to reach S.W. Tiedeman Avenue. Cross Tiedeman, and resume the trail past a nature mural before passing over Fanno Creek on a wide, sturdy pedestrian/bike bridge. You'll reach the oak and ponderosa pine-shaded lawns of Woodard Park. The trail passes the Woodard Park Trailhead near a playground, drinking fountain, and picnic tables. Walk through a mature oak/ponderosa wood before winding to the right through more parkland. Take a

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