Tryon Creek State Natural Area
North Creek Trail–South Creek Trail, 3 sights
5.2 mi · ▲ 623 ft · 2 hr 3 min
North Creek Trail–South Creek Trail, 3 sights is a 5.2-mile out-and-back in Tryon Creek State Natural Area near Fair Oaks, OR. It climbs 623 ft. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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North Creek Trail–South Creek Trail, 3 sights
5.2 mi · ▲ 623 ft · 2 hr 3 min
Elevation 45–246 ft
Out & Back · Tryon Creek State Natural Area
Trailhead: Kincade Curlicue Corridor · 45.41829, -122.65784
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:37 AM · sunset 7:45 PM
Transit-accessible: Willamette Shore Trolley Lake Oswego Station stop 386 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Kincade Curlicue Corridor, heading SW.
- 1.2 miTurn left onto Iron Mountain Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto South Creek Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Red Fox Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Old Main Trail, heading NW.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Big Fir Trail, heading NW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Middle Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto West Horse Loop, heading NW.
- 100 ftBear left onto Middle Creek Trail, heading N.
- 250 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto North Creek Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miReach Terwilliger Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left onto Middle Creek Trail, heading SE.
- 250 ftBear right onto West Horse Loop, heading SE.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Middle Creek Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Big Fir Trail, heading S.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Old Main Trail, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Red Fox Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto South Creek Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Iron Mountain Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Terwilliger Trail, heading S.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Kincade Curlicue Corridor, heading SE.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Willamette Shore Trolley Lake Oswego Station stop 386 m from the trailhead
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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