Neighbor Trail Discovery Walk - 1st Segment

The draft Parks, Recreation and Open Space Plan proposes four primary trails through West Linn: the Tualatin River Greenway Trail, the Willamette River Greenway Trail, the Rosemont Trail and the Neighbor Trail.  "The ridge and drainage corridors which make up much of the City's topography are an asset to West Linn's phyical beauty.  At the same time, they are an impediment to forming a coherent urban plan.  Uniting the various neighborhoods which this topography breaks up is no small task and the street pattern is of no help. Using some on-street connections and vacated right-of-way, the Neighbor Trail connects a number of pieces of existing open space to form a spine through the center of West Linn from Lake Oswego to Wilderness Park and west to the Tualatin River.  From this spine other trails branch into the adjacent neighborhoods connecting with other parks and trails."

Beginning with our February Discovery Walk, we will begin a series of walks to explore possible routes for the Neighbor Trail.  On Saturday, February 3, we'll meet at Fields Bridge Park at 9:00 a.m. and walk the first segment to the point where Blankenship Road crosses under I-205 and back to Fields Bridge Park (821 Willamette Falls Drive, West Linn).  This walk is relatively flat, all on pavement, about two miles in length and should take no more than 90 minutes to complete.  As always, our Discovery Walks are open to anyone, all ages, free and no pre-registration is necessary.  We walk rain or shine (our only rule is if you have to chain up to get to the start, the walk is cancelled).

Open to everyone.  Free.  No-preregistration necessary.  Rain or shine.

Future Discovery Walks:

March 3, 2007 - 9:00 am.   Neighbor Trail - Segment 2.  Meet at Albertsons Parking lot near Washington Mutual Bank.