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Overview
The Chehalem Park and Recreation District has been busy laying out a series of on-street and off-street trails in Yamhill County. One such effort is this loop which meanders around the Chehalem Glenn Golf Course. About half of this route is wooded, while the rest takes to sidewalks in new developments near the eastern city limits of Newberg. You’ll cross Spring Brook twice and explore a sliver of Parrett Mountain when you get to Schaad Park. There are some ups and downs, so a fast walk will provide some exercise, and the views from Schaad Park take in the Chehalem Hills, the Red Hills of Dundee, and the Coast Range. Head to the southwest corner of the parking area at the intersection of Brutscher Street and Fernwood Road. Here PCC students have built a community garden and an adobe shed. Cross Fernwood to the trail sign for the Gettman Loop, constructed by volunteers, including students from George Fox University. Walk along a gravel trail hemmed in blackberry and hawthorn to reach a fairway on the Chehalem Glenn Golf Course. Follow a chip trail leading right along a fenceline which forms the boundary of a mixed woodland. Make a 90-degree turn at a fence corner shaded by an oak, and then join the golf cart path for about 75 yards. Drop off the cart path into a forest of Douglas-fir, big-leaf maple, cedar, oak, and hazel festooned with climbing ivy. Cross Spring Brook on a footbridge, and then hike back up to the golf course, here screened by a wood fence. Pass a couple of madrones, and enter a thicket with a dense undergrowth of sword fern (This was once a walnut orchard). When you reach a farm field, go left to take in views of the Chehalem Hills. Reach a farm gate, and hike on the cart track again for about 45 yards to pick up the trail as it descends with some outbuildings to your right. Cross a tributary of Spring Brook on a footbridge, and arrive at Fernwood Road. Cross the road, and go right on a sidewalk shaded by a line of red oaks. Take the first left on The Greens Avenue to go through the entrance
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