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Oregon’s Birthday

  • Start date: 02/14/2019

  • Start time: 12:00 AM

  • End date: 02/14/2019

  • End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

Departure place is Doris Ranch by the bathrooms. The 7.8 mile loop hike to discover Oregon State symbols starts at Doris Ranch with stops at Willamette Heights Park, the Simpson Mural and the Oregon Trail Mural. We will continue our loop on the Mill Race and Middle Fork Path. Bring an Oregon trivia fact or question which we can share at various sunny stops along the way. The fourth annual birthday hike should take around 3 hours. Perhaps lunch at The Public House/100 Mile Bakery.

  • Event Leader: Janet Jacobsen

  • Event Leader Phone: 541-206-1251

  • Event Leader Email: jbjacobsen@comcast.net

  • Assistant Leader:

  • Event category: Trips

  • Area Type: Urban

  • Departure Location: See Trip Description

  • Rating: Moderate

  • Roundtrip total drive miles:

  • Season: 2019

  • Permits Required:

  • Event Status: Passed

  • Supplies and Equipment Required:

  • participant prerequisites:

  • Conditions:

  • Total Distance: 7.9

  • Member Fees: 1

  • Elevation Gain: 300

  • Non-Member Fees: 2

  • Committee: Trips

  • Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

It was raining when we celebrated Oregon’s 160th birthday by asking questions about state trivia and symbols—Can you name three things named after the Father of Oregon, John McLoughlin? At Doris Ranch our first stop was the Pioneer Village to see the salmon, the state fish, painted on the wall of the longhouse. At Willamette Heights Park, we saw the totem pole with the carved beaver and salmon. We then walked down through Pioneer Memorial Cemetery Park to Main Street to discover another beaver in the Homer Simpson mural. The Oregon Flag on top of the Springfield Museum hovered over us in the parking lot while we identified the 43 subjects in the Oregon Trail Mural. It stopped raining when we picked up our pace to complete our loop on the Mill Race and Middle Fork paths. A guest commented "I really enjoyed learning about Oregon, the area and the murals." The trip took 3 ½ hours.