Portland/Oregon/Washington Hiking Maps. National Geographic - Inspiring People to Care About the Planet Since 1888. Transit to Trails. TriMet is your connection to nature in the city The Portland metropolitan area has more than 10,000 acres of parks and natural areas. We invite you to leave the car at home and take TriMet to enjoy our wealth of outdoor beauty. Here are some destinations we think you'll like. Beaverton M.O. Stevens/Wikimedia Tualatin Hills Nature Park 15655 SW Millikan Way, Beaverton The Tualatin Hills Park & Recreation District maintains a 60-mile trail system that includes the Tualatin Hills Nature Park. Trail map PDF Difficulty Easy to moderate How to get there MAX Blue Line, Merlo Rd/SW 158th Ave Station Plan your trip Westside Trail The Westside Trail is an extension of a trail that begins in the Tualatin Hills Nature Park parking lot and continues south to Hart Meadows Park.
Trail map PDF Buxton Photo: Chris Friend Stub Stewart State Park 31 miles west of Portland, on the east side of Oregon 47 Stub Stewart State Park offers hike-in, bike-in camping, picnicking and more than 20 miles of trails in the park. St. Heceta Head Lighthouse. America's State Parks. U.S. National Park Service - Experience Your America. Region 6 - Special Places. Results for "hiking boots" up to 51% off at Sierra Trading Post. America's Hiking Trail Index Since 1996! U.S. National Park Service Find A Park. Camping USA - Camping & Campgrounds Resource. Pack a Backpack for Camping. From Wired How-To Wiki A well-packed sack will save your back. Photo by The Glasshalffull via Flickr. It's happened to everyone before.
You start out in the comfort of your living room, with a cavernous empty backpack and all your gear spread out before you. Then, six miles out, you realize: Despite stuffing your pack to the brim, you've forgotten your rain shell and soaked your food in fuel. This article is part of a wiki anyone can edit. Outside In Especially with a lightweight backpack, you should put your sleeping pad in first. Sleeping bag next Pack in the reverse order of stuff you'll need. Distribute your supplies Tent: Heaviest items go in the middle and closest to your back. Cooking Gear: If you're planning on hot meals along the side of the trail, your portable stove is up next. Dry Clothes: Even if you don't intend to change your clothes, bring an extra set - especially socks (wool or poly, not cotton)!
Medical: Consider the environment you're entering. Balance it out. The Allure of Nonexistent Places | The Constant Traveler. Unpacking a box of books recently I found my old copy of No Longer on the Map, a small classic of literary geography published in 1972. The author Raymond H. Ramsay reveals his M.O. in the preface: Many places are no longer on the map, but no mystery attaches to because the names were political, not geographical. The territories have been given new names, or divided into smaller units or incorporated into larger ones. The Kingdom of El Dorado is quite a different case, as are the Strait of Anian, Norumbega, Grocland, and the Isle of Satanaxio. Of course, the more no-longer-on-the-map a place is, the more I want to go there, and Satanaxio is at the top of my list. According to Ramsay, it was first shown on a 1507 map by Johann Ruysch, and then again on maps by Gerhardus Mercator (of Mercator projection fame) and Abraham Ortelius (creator of the first modern atlas).
Perhaps it’s time travel I want after all. Some of the places I most desperately want to see aren’t even there anymore. United States Parks, United States National Forests. How to Make a Bug Out Bag.