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Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge

Sellwood Bridge Viewpoint–Bluff Trail, 5 sights

4.1 mi · ▲ 140 ft · 1 hr 26 min

Sellwood Bridge Viewpoint–Bluff Trail, 5 sights is a 4.1-mile out-and-back in Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge near Burlingame, OR. The route reaches Sellwood Bridge Viewpoint. It is mostly level, with 140 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi7 – 92 ft5.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Willamette Greenway 45.46822, -122.67020
Nearest town Burlingame, OR
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Sellwood Bridge Viewpoint–Bluff Trail, 5 sights

4.1 mi · ▲ 140 ft · 1 hr 26 min

Elevation 7–93 ft

Out & Back · Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge

Trailhead: Willamette Greenway · 45.46822, -122.67020

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

Transit-accessible: Southwest Macadam & Sellwood Bridge stop 326 m from the trailhead

  1. Start on Willamette Greenway, heading SE.
  2. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Powers Marine Park Trail, heading SE.
  3. 0.1 miTurn left onto Sellwood Bridge, heading E.
  4. 0.1 miPass Sellwood Bridge Viewpoint.
  5. 350 ftTurn right, heading E.
  6. 400 ftTurn right, heading E.
  7. 50 ftSharp left, heading E.
  8. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  9. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  10. 50 ftBear right onto Southeast Oaks Park Way, heading E.
  11. 150 ftContinue straight onto Springwater on the Willamette, heading N.
  12. 100 ftContinue straight onto Southeast Oaks Park Way, heading NE.
  13. 100 ftContinue straight onto Springwater on the Willamette, heading N.
  14. 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
  15. 100 ftBear left, heading NW.
  16. 0.2 miBear right onto Bluff Trail, heading N.
  17. 0.6 miTurn right, heading NE.
  18. 0.4 miContinue straight onto North Woodland Trail, heading NE.
  19. 0.3 miReach Sellwood Bridge Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  20. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Bluff Trail, heading NE.
  21. 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
  22. 0.6 miBear left, heading S.
  23. 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
  24. 100 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  25. 50 ftContinue straight onto Springwater on the Willamette, heading SW.
  26. 50 ftContinue straight onto Southeast Oaks Park Way, heading SW.
  27. 100 ftContinue straight onto Springwater on the Willamette, heading SW.
  28. 150 ftContinue straight onto Southeast Oaks Park Way, heading SW.
  29. 150 ftBear left, heading W.
  30. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  31. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  32. 50 ftSharp right, heading W.
  33. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  34. 100 ftContinue straight onto Sellwood Bridge, heading W.
  35. 300 ftTurn right, heading W.
  36. 0.2 miTurn right onto Powers Marine Park Trail, heading SW.
  37. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Willamette Greenway, heading S.
  38. 500 ftArrive 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/sellwood-bridge-viewpoint-bluff-trail-out-back-5-sights

Trail surface

38% paved35% dirt25% gravel2% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:39 AMSunset 7:41 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Southwest Macadam & Sellwood Bridge stop 326 m from the trailhead

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