Explore Our Local Parks Series, Hike 1: Chehalem Ridge

Activity Notes

Chehalem Ridge Nature Park runs above the Tualatin Valley and is the largest public park on Portland's West side.

We will hike on a combination of timber road and trail, to and then along the ridge for approximately 7 miles, and our elevation gain should be about 1000'.

We will meet at the Sunset Transit Center,  at 9:00 AM, to carpool to the park.

Th park is located HERE, and we will begin hiking at approximately 9:45 AM.

We should return to the Transit Center between 2:30 and 3:00 PM.

"Chehalem" translates as "outside place" in the tongue of the Atfalati, the indigneous peoples that originally resided in the Tualatin and Northern Willamette Valleys before being effectively forced to move to the Grand Ronde and Yakima reservations. No person claiming Atfalati heritage has been documented since 1914.