Tualatin Wildlife Refuge Interpretive Trail

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Tualatin Wildlife Refuge Interpretive Trail

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Difficulty: Easy
Length: 2.1 miles / 3.4 km
Duration: 1-3 hours

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Overview: This urban wildlife refuge just miles outside of Portland is the home to a variety of wildlife species so make sure you bring a camera with a good zoom lens and binnoculars if you have them. The trail you will follow is in great shape with plenty of signs to read about what you are looking at!

Tips: The park is located on 99W just west of King City, OR. You'll see signs for the interpretive center.

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Parking & Visitor Center

Park here and start out on the interpretive trail to the north but before you get going make sure to check out the visitor center.

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Viewpoints

You will have amazing views of wildfowl and other birds from multiple viewing areas along the interpretive trail. Make sure to read all the signs!

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Roads

From here take your choice of roads back to the interpretive center but I would suggest going left from here so you don't go in the wrong direction. At the fork in the road just ahead I headed right for a longer loop but feel free to head left to take the road back along the interpretive trail. Water levels could also determine which way you go....

Pictures in this guide taken by: Photo by Stuart Seeger @ Flickr, available under a Creative Commons Attribution - 2.0 Generic License., Photo by USFWS Pacific @ Flickr, available under a Creative Commons Attribution - 2.0 Generic, Photo by Cindy MC @ Flickr, available under a Creative Commons Attribution - 2.0 Generic License.

Jonathan Ellinger

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