Sellwood Riverfront Park to Springwater Corridor Trail Northbound

6.3 miles of hiking • 250' elevation gain •

My wife and I are feeling a bit better and so decided to go on a tame hike close to home! Because of all the rain we wanted to avoid areas with potential flooding or possible landslides, so we headed out to the Sellwood Riverfront Park near Oaks Amusement Park. We walked around the riverfront park and looked at the high water from the Willamette River and how it covered most of the steps that supposedly go down to the beach? The trees on the waterfront were flooded, as expected. We then cut over to the Springwater Corridor Trail and headed north towards Downtown Portland. We passed Oaks Amusement Park, where the parking lot was busy for both the roller skating rink and for rides on the steam engine Christmas Train ride! Although ashphalted, this is a very nice trail that had plenty of Williamette River and Oaks Bottom Wildlife Area views! It was raining pretty hard for most of the day so I didn't get many pictures, but included what we have. There are plenty of little side trails that could be taken along this stretch which would have been nice, but we didn't hike today. We also didn't make a loop of the Oaks Bottom trail which looked very nice! We stopped just short of the Powell Blvd underpass. There were many bike riders and some walkers despite the heavy rain, but then, this is the PNW! The highlight of the day was when the steam engine passed and many of the passengers waved to us! We had a very fun day!