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The Banks–Vernonia State Trail was the first linear rail trail state park in Oregon. [4] The Portland, Astoria & Pacific Railroad built the original rail line in 1913 to transport timber, freight, and passengers. [2] In the 1920s, trains on the line hauled logs and lumber from Keasey and the Oregon-American mill in Vernonia to Portland.
Located four miles (6 km) north of U.S. Route 26 and 11 miles (18 km) south of Vernonia on the east side of Oregon Route 47, Stub Stewart sits primarily on former timber land along the Banks–Vernonia State Trail. [4] Natural features include a hill that rises from an elevation of 730 feet (220 m) to the 1,250-foot (380 m) level. [9]
The Banks–Vernonia State Trail, a rails-to-trails conversion featuring a 21-mile (34 km) raised path for bicyclists, pedestrians, and horseback riders, roughly parallels Route 47 to the south of Vernonia. The Crown Zellerbach trail is a conversion of old logging roads (themselves a conversion from old railroad way) to a trail for mountain ...
The proposed Interstate was intended to be a 3.17-mile (5.10 km) freeway spur in northwest Portland that would have connected I-405 to St. Helens Road, the latter being the original route for US 30. Funding for the freeway was withdrawn by the city government in November 1978, as it would have required condemnation and rerouting streets on a ...
Banks is a city in Washington County, Oregon, United States, which is located in the Tualatin Valley. It is the southern anchor to the Banks–Vernonia State Trail , which is a 21-mile-long (34 km) linear trail popular with bicyclists, hikers, and equestrians.
The United States Bicycle Route System (abbreviated USBRS) is the national cycling route network of the United States.It consists of interstate long-distance cycling routes that use multiple types of bicycling infrastructure, including off-road paths, bicycle lanes, and low-traffic roads.
Denton Branch Rail Trail, 8 mile trail; Harrisburg-Sunset Trail, 5 mile trail in Houston; Katy Trail, a 3.5 mile recreational trail that runs along the abandoned right-of-way of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas (Katy) Railroad in Dallas; Lake Mineral Wells State Trailway, a 20-mile trail 50 miles west of Fort Worth; MKT Hike and Bike Trail, 6 miles ...
Silver Falls State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of Oregon, located near Silverton, about 20 miles (32 km) east-southeast of Salem.It is the largest state park in Oregon with an area of more than 9,000 acres (36 km 2), and it includes more than 24 miles (39 km) of walking trails, 14 miles (23 km) of horse trails, and a 4-mile (6.4 km) bike path.