One City's Wilderness: Portland's Forest Park [Paperback]

Marcy C. Houle (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 2003

A five-thousand acre wilderness preserve located within city limits, Forest Park contributes to Portland, Oregon's renowned livability by offering close-in recreational opportunities along 60 miles of trails and firelanes. This guide offers an overview of the history, flora, and fauna of the park and provides directions for twenty hikes of varying length and difficulty. A waterproof map of Forest Park and the surrounding area is available separately.

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About the Author

Marcy Cottrell Houle is the author of Wings for My Flight, which received an Oregon Book Award and a Christopher Award, and The Prairie Keepers: Secrets of the Zumwalt, a New York Times Earth Day Selection and an Oregon Book Award Finalist. She lives on Sauvies Island, Oregon.

Erik Goetze is a Portland web designer, cartographer, and panoramic photographer who has designed maps for several books, including The Northwest Nature Guide, Portland Forest Hikes, and the award-winning Walk There!

Erik Goetze created the maps included in One City's Wilderness. He is a Portland web designer, cartographer, and panoramic photographer who has designed maps for several books, including The Northwest Nature Guide, Portland Forest Hikes, and the award-winning Walk There! --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 120 pages
• Publisher: Oregon Historical Society Press; Revised edition (June 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0875952844
• ISBN-13: 978-0875952840
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,520,410 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you EVER plan to hike in Forest Park you need this book!, February 6, 2007

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gypsy "gypsy" (Portland, OR United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: One City's Wilderness: Portland's Forest Park (Paperback)

It's already slightly out of date but it's still an essential guide to Forest Park hiking. Through this book I found some of the most amazing sights within the city of Portland. I'd never have hiked some of those trails without the book to give me the confidence. After all, if the book shows the trail who am I to question its existence?

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Fine guide but missrepresents park, April 15, 2011

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Yours Truly "bitem" (Portland, OR United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: One City's Wilderness: Portland's Forest Park, 3rd edition (Paperback)

A fine guide to walking in Forest Park, but misrepresents the experience. The Park has little in common with a wilderness: Virtually all of it was logged or burned in the past 100 years so there is virtually no old-growth or mature forest; over half is overgrown with ivy and other invasive species; and much of it is in earshot of industrial activity. It is still a very nice place to walk and bike, but the breathless rapture in this book could give you the wrong impression.