20 min
Overview
A network of trails leads north from the Peavy Arboretum area through managed forest. You'll do part of the Intensive Management Loop, which illustrates, through interpretive signs, maximum use of timber resources. Then, the Calloway Creek Trail winds through some natural forest as well as plots of native and exotic trees. At Cronemiller Lake, you'll see the George W. Brown Sports Arena, where members of OSU's competitive logging sports team practice. After this, return down the Intensive Management Trail to parking. Note that this system of trails can also be accessed via the Road 540 Trailhead. The trail begins at the end of the parking lot. First, it is graveled and leads under big-leaf maples and alders and then through a planting of Willamette Valley ponderosa pines. After this, enter a plantation of Douglas-firs. The way becomes a wide, dirt track, slippery in wet conditions. Under the Douglas-firs are holly, sword fern, blackberries and young madrones. The trail descends and bends right, with Douglas-firs on the left and an open brushy area on the right. It enters the Douglas-fir woods, goes sharp right at an arrow (which is where you will close the loop on the way back) and then heads up to the Calloway Creek-Intensive Management Trail Junction. Go right here on the Calloway Creek Trail. There are homes to the right as the trail descends on gravel under grand fir, Douglas-fir, big-leaf maple and some madrone. Unusually for the McDonald Forest, there is very little invasive false-brome grass in these pretty, mossy woods. A creek runs to the right. A sign tells about the Kalapuyans who used to forage here. The trail crosses a creek under alders and maples. Descend into a shallow gully and head up, ignoring a researchers’ trail to the left. Then drop into a young Douglas-fir plantation, clearcut in 1988 and planted in 1990. Keep descending, entering older Douglas-fir woods. An information sign points to the different genetic makeup of the trees. You can now see Highway 99 and the ponds across it. Pass
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