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Tryon Creek State Natural Area

North Creek Trail–South Creek Trail, 3 sights

4.6 mi · ▲ 525 ft · 1 hr 48 min

North Creek Trail–South Creek Trail, 3 sights is a 4.6-mile out-and-back in Tryon Creek State Natural Area near Briarwood, OR. It climbs 525 ft. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi75 – 246 ft5.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 45.42152, -122.66177
Nearest town Briarwood, OR
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North Creek Trail–South Creek Trail, 3 sights

4.6 mi · ▲ 525 ft · 1 hr 48 min

Elevation 76–246 ft

Out & Back · Tryon Creek State Natural Area

Trailhead: 45.42152, -122.66177

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:39 AM · sunset 7:41 PM

Transit-accessible: North State & B Avenue stop 79 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.8 miTurn left onto Iron Mountain Trail, heading W.
  3. 0.4 miTurn right onto South Creek Trail, heading W.
  4. 0.3 miTurn right onto Red Fox Trail, heading N.
  5. 0.1 miTurn left onto Old Main Trail, heading N.
  6. 250 ftContinue straight onto Big Fir Trail, heading NW.
  7. 150 ftContinue straight onto Middle Creek Trail, heading W.
  8. 0.2 miContinue straight onto West Horse Loop, heading N.
  9. 100 ftBear left onto Middle Creek Trail, heading NW.
  10. 250 ftBear right, heading N.
  11. 50 ftTurn left onto North Creek Trail, heading N.
  12. 0.4 miReach Terwilliger Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
  14. 50 ftBear left onto Middle Creek Trail, heading SE.
  15. 250 ftBear right onto West Horse Loop, heading S.
  16. 150 ftContinue straight onto Middle Creek Trail, heading S.
  17. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Big Fir Trail, heading SE.
  18. 150 ftContinue straight onto Old Main Trail, heading S.
  19. 250 ftTurn right onto Red Fox Trail, heading SE.
  20. 0.1 miTurn left onto South Creek Trail, heading S.
  21. 0.3 miTurn left onto Iron Mountain Trail, heading SW.
  22. 0.4 miTurn right onto Terwilliger Trail, heading S.
  23. 0.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/north-creek-trail-south-creek-trail-out-back-3-sights-7-km

Trail surface

50% dirt30% paved20% gravel

Weather

Sunrise 6:39 AMSunset 7:41 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: North State & B Avenue stop 79 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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