Portland Hikes and Walks
  
 
 

Wildwood Trail

The Wiildwood Trail stretches for 30 miles through Portland's Washington Park and Forest Park. The trail begins in Washington Park near the Vietnam Memorial. You can park across from the trailhead in a small lot and start from there, although there are hundreds of access points along the trail's 30-mile length.

This page describes the first section of the trail, from the Vietnam Memorial to the Pittock Mansion, about 3.5 miles.

Distance: 30 Miles

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Wildwood Trail

The starting point! From here you can hike all the way to Newberry Road, a 30-mile trek within the city of Portland. Right after starting out you'll pass a sign pointing to the Marquam Trail, which leads 2 miles to Council Crest, another great city hike.

You'll pass a large green water tank after the junction with Holly Trail. A little further on look for a viewpoint with a marker where the Wildwood meets Holly Trail again.

From the viewpoint you can see your destination, the Pittock Mansion.

The trail follows a road for a short distance and passes the archery range. It looks like some people have confused the sign with the targets in the background.
Invasive English Ivy has overrun large portions of the park. Volunteers try to eradicate it, which is about as likely to happen as the extinction of cockroaches.

I like English Ivy.
The Winter Garden (above) is a few yards to the left the the trail.
The Wildwood is wide and well-worn, the superhighway of PDX trails.
You arrive in a parking lot at the rear of the Pittock Mansion. Walk around to the front for terrific views.