Travels with the Original Easyrider®
2014 Edition

The Banks-Vernonia Linear Park Trail Hike
This is an easy beginners hike/stroll with no loop options
100% ADA accessible except as noted
Segment Three
Tophill Trailhead el. 809' to the Beaver Creek Trailhead el 680'
A 3 hour, 4.3 mile, 170' elevation loss hike (x2 round trip)
February 25, 2014

2014 RUNNING TALLY
Total miles hiked= 88.73; Total elevation gain= 5,920'

Total 2013 miles hiked= 246.55; Total elevation gain= 59,412'
Total 2012 miles hiked= 367.58; Total elevation gain= 101,161'

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Hike the Banks-Vernonia Linear Park Trail
An approximately 40 mile round trip hike
I did this in segments in 2010. That trail report can be found HERE.



GETTING THERE AND BACKGROUND INFORMATION:

So I'm back in 2014 to see how much this trail and hike has improved over the
past four years.

Segment one: Banks, Oregon Trailhead to Buxton
Segment two: Buxton Trailhead to Tophill Trailhead
Segment three: Tophill Trailhead to Beaver Creek Trailhead
Segment four: Beaver Creek Trailhead to Vernonia
Segment five: Anderson Park
Segment six: Stub Stewart State Park
Segment seven: Connecting the Banks-Vernonia and Crown-Zellerbach Trails
Segment eight: The Salmonberry Rails-To-Trails project

SIDE TRIPS: Caddywhomper

DIRECTIONS

Sunset Highway West to Highway 47. Turn right towards Vernonia. About two miles
past Stub Stewart State Park you'll see the Tophill Trailhead parking area on
the left. Lots of parking. Privy on site. No pass required.

Apparently, thieves and vandals breaking into cars parked here is not uncommon
so be advised. I'm sure most of the locals here are nice people but there are
a fair number of trailer dwelling meth addicted dirtbags living here too...







Nice day (for the dead of Winter...). Sunny and in the 50's. Good day to knock
off this next segment. Big improvement since I was here in 2010. 100% paved now.
You won't see many people on this segment... plus you are only a few hundred yards
from highway 47 so it's not all that tranquil out here..

Looks like they're doing some construction at the trailhead...







Tried to get to the other side of the tressle that goes over highway 47. Not so
easy... it's a long drop and bushwhack to get there... I didn't need to get a
picture quite that bad...

Someone rolled an ATV down there so I figure if it's too steep for an ATV it's
probably too steep for me.





They did some clearcutting out here which kind of hurts the image of being in
a secluded park...









You have to see this place to believe it. Looks like the back room at Morgan
Memorial.
















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