Walking is good for your health
Physical activity need not be strenuous to be beneficial; people of all ages benefit from participating in regular, moderate-intensity physical activity, such as 30 minutes of brisk walking.
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Walking resources
Sustainable living › Walk there! › Walking resources
Find maps, clubs and nonprofit groups to help you and your family "walk there!"
Find your own path, share favorite routes and get active with clubs and classes. Here are some resources:
On the web
- www.oregonmetro.gov/walk
Learn about walking events and activities and discover Walk There! 50 treks in and around Portland and Vancouver. - www.oregonmetro.gov/greenscene
GreenScene provides a comprehensive calendar of nature activities, hikes, bike tours, paddle trips gardening workshops and volunteer ventures offered by Metro and more than 100 other organizations. - www.mapmyrun.com
Map your own routes, view distance and elevation information, share with friends. - www.portlandonline.com/transportation
Download City of Portland walking maps and learn about walking activities and events. - www.explorepdx.com/routes.html
Link to Portland walking routes and resources.
In print
- Nature Walks in & Around Portland 2nd Edition
Karen Whitehill, Mountaineers Books
40 easy-to-reach walks of one to five miles in the greater Portland area - Portland Hill Walks: Twenty Explorations in Parks and Neighborhoods
Laura O. Foster, Timber Press
Walks take readers beyond the familiar onto Portland's hidden stairways and paths and into thriving neighborhood commercial districts, urban forests and bungalow-lined streets - Portland Forest Hikes: Twenty Close-in Wilderness Walks
James D. Thayer, Timber Press
20 wilderness hikes within 20 miles of downtown, prime hiking in the Tualatin Mountains for the thrill of the wild at the city's back door - Walking Portland
Sybilla Avery Cook, Falcon Guides Walking
Descriptions and maps of 22 excursions–from half-mile strolls to more rigorous jaunts - Wild in the City: Guide to Portland’s Natural Areas
Michael Houck and M.J. Cody, Oregon Historical Society Press
Site guides and essays describe over 90 natural areas in the Portland metropolitan area
Clubs and organizations
- 40-Mile Loop Land Trust
- America Walks
- Cedar Milers Walking Club, 503-643-2648
- Columbia River Volkssport Club, 503-692-5909
- Oregon Walking Events
- Rose City Roamers, 503-285-2915
- Southwest Trails Group
- Willamette Pedestrian Coalition, 503-223-1597
- Wonders of Walking , 503-282-1677
Need assistance?
Lake Boggan
503-813-7574
lake.boggan@oregonmetro.gov
Files that are downloadable from this page
- Walk There regional map 4.5M Adobe Acrobat PDF
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Related Internet links
- Active Living by Design
(http://www.activelivingbydesign.org/)
- Map My Run
(http://www.mapmyrun.com/)
- Walk your kids to school
(http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/kidswalk/index.htm)
- Walk Score: How walkable is your neighborhood?
(http://walkscore.com/)