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Getting There
From Downtown Oregon City, head northwest on 7th St/Hwy Bridge. Continue onto OR-43 N/Oregon City Arch Bridge, then follow OR-43 N. Turn left onto Willamette Falls Dr and take a light right onto Sunset Ave.
Turn right onto Walnut St for this trailhead. There are some other start points but this is the one my mom and I started from a few years ago, the last time I was here.
It's neighborhood-street parking so be respectful of residents and their driveways. There is parking on Maple Ave and Chestnut Ave.
The Hike
Elevation Gain: 94 ft
Last minute walk around Camassia Nature Preserve. Only 0.7mi loop. I wasn't planning a hike and didn't even had hiking boots or other gear. I did have my signature straw hat!
Dry, hot, and a bit overgrown. Still happy to take a little spin. I didn't see anyone else on the loop. There were a lot squirrels scurrying about.
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Also, specimens of the oak savanna that "once covered about 400,000 acres of the Willamette Valley. Today, fewer than 20,000 acres of oak trees, representing just 5% of historical totals." I learned about the oak savanna was at Wapato Access Greenway State Park on Sauvie Island.
