Arrive at the bottom of the bluff, and cross the Vortex Meadow, site of the America’s only state-sponsored rock concert. An old barbecue grate allows you to step over a trickling creek. Cross a substantial footbridge and traverse down. The trail drops down the slope under Douglas-fir, red-cedar, and big-leaf maple in a lush understory dominated by hazel, vine maple, and sword fern. Near the plaque honoring Milo McIver, the graveled Viewpoint Trail, constructed in 2016-17 by volunteer groups, including Trailkeepers of Oregon, leads into the mixed forest of the high bluff (This trail replaces one on the other side of the viewing area that got washed out almost every year). The Clackamas River winds below, with Mount Adams to the left and Mount Hood front and center. The Riverbend Loop takes you down from a view of the Cascade Range, across the Vortex Meadow - site of a state-sponsored rock concert in 1970 - to the Clackamas River and then back up a leafy, forested slope to the viewpoint on a high bluff 300 feet above the river.įor a shorter loop of 3.4 miles with less elevation gain, begin your hike at the Riverbend Trailhead, and skip the Vortex Loop and the Viewpoint Trail leading up to the McIver Memorial Viewpoint Trailhead.įrom the parking area, walk down past the gazebo to the new (2017) viewing area. The trail system is interconnected, but most visitors choose one of two loops: the one described here on the west side of the park and the Milo McIver Riverside Loop Hike on the east side. This is a full-service park, with campgrounds, boat launches, a disk golf course, horse trails, picnic areas, and even a fish hatchery. The park named in his honor is not on a freeway, however, but lies nestled along a couple of wide, sweeping bends in the Clackamas River near the town of Estacada. During his tenure as Chair, McIver developed Oregon's freeway system to be recognized as the best in the nation at that time. McIver was a member of the Oregon State Highway Commission from 1950-1962, and Chairman of the Commission for the last four years of his term.
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