Springwater Corridor Trail

Springwater is a really long trail. And that means there are alot of different areas that vary in safety and beauty and everything else. Make no mistake. This park runs through some sketchier areas. People have been murdered on springwater and there are some homeless camps and weirdos that frequent the trail. But also it is a great way to bike from downtown portland all the way out to near estacada. This trail is really great. It just needs some work on some areas. I would not recommend using this trail at night however.

I appreciate Springwater Corridor Trail a lot. It's not common to have such a long, continuous, multi-use trail in a big city. There are some auto traffic intersections but at totally acceptable considering how infrequent they are; there are some homeless people and camps as well, but definitely not as bad as some reviews indicated, most are between Bell Ave and 92nd Ave and close to intersections with main roads. I ran and rode on this trail several times and I found the experiences mostly enjoyable. The scenery changes from time to time, some parts are urban and industrial, some natural and even shaded. I didn't get bored at all running all the way from Portland to to Gresham. You can take this trail to Powell Butte Natural Park, which would make a fantastic long run.

Sure, some take refuge in the trees at points. However, the vast stretches of the rippling creek, budding native flowers, views of buttes and small Evergreen covered mounts -- not to mention lively old architecture - make the ride worthwhile. Stick to the trail in the daytime, or have a good light and be vigilant. The busses along Southeast Powell Boulevard and elsewhere some will get you and your bicycle home safely at night if you get tired.

We started on 136th and rode the bike trail all the way to Gresham city park today (Mother’s Day). The trail was clean and I didn’t see any tents or camps. We were a little worried about that since in the past few years we had seen those trails go a bit downhill but they’ve since cleaned it up. We felt safe. There are some benches every once in a while to stop and rest if needed. Great family activity!

love this trail but the "illegal camping" and the mass amounts of grabage literally everywhere you look is getting worse and worse every year. just be careful if you're a woman alone on the trial. i probably also wouldn't let my kids take this trail alone anymore.

Unless you're one of those car dweller type, you're more than likely going to be on the trail at some point in your day if you reside anywhere near Portland.If you need to be in reach of a McDonald's it might not be a good pick.Also if you're thirsty there's a convince store on 136th that actually sits right on the edge of the trail which happens to be the last place to get a water for the next few miles since none of the drinking fountains work.

Biked about 10 miles today ...love not having to fight cars for space...😃 Okay so this review was 2 years ago... I've somewhat changed my view of this trail after biking at some 2000 miles back and forth... Alot a bad things happen here... Police officers are few and far between if they ever come down this trail... Homeless camps are rampant and so are fires... If you live next to this trail you're in constant worry that your home is going to burn down because somebody out there lit a fire... And then either just walked away or passed out next to it... If the city actually cared they do something about this and it would be on the news... but no the only thing they report on is more homeless camps more garbage more fires more assaults it's just ridiculous... The level of I don't care from the city is ridiculous... I dare anybody from the city to send me a message that they're doing better than what I say.... Prove me wrong!!! Right now they're making a giant park outside of my house.. . It's just going to be another homeless camp another one where the cops won't go into... You say how do I know that because we had one here a few years ago where there was 200 people... and porta potties and dumpsters.. yeah right here in the wildlife refuge where they say that the salmon are so important that they're going to spend tens of thousands of your dollars 😳😞

Had a fun time biking and enjoying the view of Mt Hood on this water corridor!