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Half-Day Hiking Trails near Portland
114 half-day hiking trails near Portland, each read off OpenStreetMap: a waterfall or viewpoint counts only where it lies on the trail itself, and length is measured along it. Alphabetical — not ranked.
Alpine Trail #660
Trailhead near Government Camp2.3 milesModerate · ~2.5 hoursAngora Peak Trail
Trailhead near Manzanita4 milesHard · ~3.5 hoursArch Cape to Cape Falcon Trail
Trailhead near Manzanita4.1 milesHard · ~3.5 hoursBaskett Slough Trail
Trailhead near Dallas3.9 milesModerate · ~2.5 hoursBattle Ax Mountain Trail #3340
Trailhead near Detroit2.5 milesModerate · ~2.5 hoursBeachie Trail #3341
Trailhead near Detroit2.4 milesModerate · ~2.5 hoursBeargrass Trail
Trailhead near Government Camp2.9 milesModerate · ~2 hoursBell Creek Trail #459
Trailhead near Sandy2.9 milesModerate · ~2.5 hoursBenson Way Trail #405B
Trailhead near Cascade Locks3.1 milesModerate · ~2.5 hoursBlue Box Trail
Trailhead near Government Camp3.6 milesHard · ~3 hoursBonney Meadows Trail
Trailhead near Government Camp2.4 milesModerate · ~2.5 hoursBottle Prairie Trail #455
Trailhead near Parkdale4.7 milesHard · ~4 hoursBoulder Lake Trail
Trailhead near Government Camp2.7 milesModerate · ~2.5 hoursBoulder Ridge Trail #783A
Trailhead near Welches3.6 milesHard · ~3.5 hoursBuck Mountain Loop Trail
Trailhead near Lyons6.8 miles loopModerate · ~2.5 hoursBull of the Woods Trail
Trailhead near Detroit4 milesHard · ~3.5 hoursBurnt Granite Trail #595
Trailhead near Ripplebrook4.1 milesHard · ~3.5 hoursBurnt Lake Trail #772, Rhododendron
Trailhead near Rhododendron2 locations4.1 milesHard · ~3.5 hoursCamas Trail #490A
Trailhead near Government Camp2.9 milesModerate · ~2.5 hoursCape Lookout Trail
Trailhead near Tillamook2.3 milesModerate · ~2.5 hoursCascade Head Rainforest Trail
Trailhead near Neskowin3.4 milesModerate · ~3 hoursCascade Head Trail
Trailhead near Lincoln City3.3 milesModerate · ~2.5 hoursCasey Creek Trail #476
Trailhead near Cascade Locks1.9 milesModerate · ~2.5 hoursCatamount Trail
Trailhead near Stayton5.3 milesHard · ~4 hoursCedar Creek Trail #457
Trailhead near Government Camp4.5 milesHard · ~4 hoursCheat Creek Trail #3341
Trailhead near Idanha2.5 milesModerate · ~2.5 hoursClimber's Trail
Trailhead near Idanha2.5 milesHard · ~3.5 hoursCool Creek Trail #794
Trailhead near Rhododendron3.1 milesHard · ~3.5 hoursCorral Springs Trail #507
Trailhead near Estacada3.2 milesHard · ~3 hoursCrag Trail #3364
Trailhead near Idanha2.5 milesModerate · ~2.5 hoursCrane Creek Trail #478
Trailhead near Government Camp4.9 milesHard · ~4 hoursCrane Prairie Trail #464
Trailhead near Government Camp2.2 milesModerate · ~2 hoursCripple Creek Trail #702
Trailhead near Three Lynx3.2 milesHard · ~3.5 hoursCrosstown Trail #755
Trailhead near Government Camp2.7 milesModerate · ~2 hoursDeLaura Dune Trail
Trailhead near Hammond4.5 milesEasy · ~3 hoursDouglas Cabin Trail
Trailhead near Government Camp3.6 milesHard · ~3.5 hoursDry Creek Falls Hike
Trailhead near Cascade Locks4.2 milesHard · ~3.5 hoursDry Fir Trail #674A
Trailhead near Government Camp3 milesModerate · ~2.5 hoursEagle-Benson Trail #434
Trailhead near Cascade Locks2.6 milesHard · ~3 hoursWaterfallsEagle-Tanner Trail #433
Trailhead near Cascade Locks4.3 milesHard · ~4 hoursEast Fork Trail #650
Trailhead near Government Camp3.9 milesModerate · ~3 hoursElk Creek Trail
Trailhead near Lee's Camp3.6 milesHard · ~3.5 hoursFanton Trail #505
Trailhead near Estacada4.3 milesHard · ~3.5 hoursForest Creek Trail
Trailhead near Government Camp3.1 milesModerate · ~2.5 hoursFranklin Ridge Trail #427
Trailhead near Sandy2.3 milesModerate · ~2 hoursGeronimo Trail #557 (abandoned)
Trailhead near Detroit2 milesModerate · ~2 hoursGlade Trail #661
Trailhead near Government Camp2.9 milesModerate · ~3 hoursGordon Butte Trail #470A
Trailhead near Government Camp2.8 milesHard · ~3 hoursGorge Trail #400
Trailhead near Cascade Locks3.5 milesModerate · ~2.5 hoursGravelle Brothers Trail
Trailhead near Forest Grove2.7 milesModerate · ~2 hoursGreen Point Ridge Trail #418
Trailhead near Cascade Locks2.5 milesModerate · ~2 hoursHares Canyon Trail
Trailhead near Vernonia2.8 milesModerate · ~2 hoursHart's Cove Trail
Trailhead near Neskowin2.4 milesModerate · ~2 hoursHenline Mountain Trail # 3352
Trailhead near Gates2.4 milesModerate · ~2.5 hoursHidden Lake Trail #779
Trailhead near Government Camp4.2 milesHard · ~4 hoursHidden Meadows Trail
Trailhead near Government Camp3.1 milesModerate · ~2.5 hoursHuckleberry Trail
Trailhead near Molalla3.3 milesModerate · ~2.5 hoursHuxley Lake Trail #521
Trailhead near Estacada2.7 milesModerate · ~2.5 hoursIndian Springs Trail #435
Trailhead near Cascade Locks1.9 milesModerate · ~2 hoursJackpot Meadows Trail #492
Trailhead near Government Camp4.4 milesHard · ~3.5 hoursKinzel Lake Trail #665
Trailhead near Rhododendron2.2 milesModerate · ~2 hoursLaurence Lake High Loop Trail #632
Trailhead near Parkdale2.9 milesModerate · ~2.5 hoursLewis and Clark Discovery Trail - Oregon Coast Trail
Trailhead near Seaside3.7 milesHard · ~3 hoursLittle North Santiam Trail #3338
Trailhead near Gates2.5 milesModerate · ~2 hoursLodgepole Trail #706
Trailhead near Idanha3.5 milesModerate · ~3 hoursLookout Mountain Trail #450
Trailhead near Parkdale3.9 milesModerate · ~3 hoursMazama Trail #625
Trailhead near Government Camp3.6 milesHard · ~3.5 hoursMirror Lake Trail
Trailhead near Government Camp3.4 milesModerate · ~3 hoursNasty Rock Trail #3356
Trailhead near Gates2.8 milesHard · ~3.5 hoursNorth Neah-Kah-Nie Mountain Trail
Trailhead near Manzanita2.1 milesModerate · ~2 hoursOak Ridge Trail #688A
Trailhead near Hood River2.5 milesModerate · ~2.5 hoursOlallie Butte Trail
Trailhead near Idanha3.5 milesHard · ~3.5 hoursOld Baldy Trail #502, Mount Hood National Forest
Trailhead near Welches3.1 milesModerate · ~3 hoursOld Baldy Trail #502, Salmon-Huckleberry Wilderness
Trailhead near Welches3 milesModerate · ~2.5 hoursParadise Park Loop Trail #757
Trailhead near Government Camp2.5 milesModerate · ~2 hoursPinnacle Ridge Trail #630
Trailhead near Government Camp3.3 milesHard · ~3 hoursPolallie Ridge Trail #643A
Trailhead near Government Camp3.1 milesHard · ~3 hoursPost Camp Trail #467
Trailhead near Government Camp2.7 milesModerate · ~2.5 hoursRainy-Kingsley Trail #409B
Trailhead near Hood River4.2 milesModerate · ~3 hoursRainy-Wahtum Trail #409
Trailhead near Cascade Locks4 milesModerate · ~3 hoursRim Rock Trail #487A
Trailhead near Government Camp3.9 milesModerate · ~3 hoursRim Trail
Trailhead near Molalla2.9 milesModerate · ~2.5 hoursRimrock Trail #704
Trailhead near Ripplebrook2.6 milesModerate · ~2.5 hoursRiverside Trail #723
Trailhead near Ripplebrook3.9 milesHard · ~3.5 hoursSaddle Mountain Trail
Trailhead near Seaside2.2 milesModerate · ~2.5 hoursSandy River Trail #770
Trailhead near Rhododendron3.4 milesModerate · ~2.5 hoursSardine Mountain Trail
Trailhead near Detroit1.8 milesModerate · ~2.5 hoursSchool Canyon Trail #468
Trailhead near Government Camp3.4 milesHard · ~3 hoursSchreiner Peak Trail #555
Trailhead near Detroit1.9 milesModerate · ~2 hoursSection Line Trail #451
Trailhead near Parkdale4 milesModerate · ~3 hoursSerene Lake Trail #512
Trailhead near Three Lynx3.6 milesModerate · ~3 hoursSouth Breitenbush Gorge Trail #3366
Trailhead near Idanha4.3 milesModerate · ~3 hoursStarvation Ridge Trail #414
Trailhead near Hood River3.4 milesHard · ~4 hoursWaterfallsStep Creek Trail
Trailhead near Vernonia3.2 milesModerate · ~2.5 hoursStorey Burn Trail
Trailhead near Forest Grove3.9 milesHard · ~3.5 hoursSurveyor's Ridge Trail #688, Government Camp
Trailhead near Government Camp2.5 milesModerate · ~2 hoursTable Rock Trail
Trailhead near Elkhorn3.5 milesHard · ~3 hoursThree Mile Trail
Trailhead near Government Camp4.4 milesHard · ~3.5 hoursTilly Jane Ski Trail #643
Trailhead near Government Camp2.5 milesModerate · ~2.5 hoursTimothy Lake Trail, Government Camp
Trailhead near Government Camp2 locations1.7 milesEasy · ~1 hourTrail of Ten Falls
Trailhead near Stayton7.2 miles loopModerate · ~3 hoursWaterfallsTwin Lakes Trail #495
Trailhead near Government Camp3 milesModerate · ~2.5 hoursTwin Lakes Trail #573
Trailhead near Detroit4.5 milesHard · ~4 hoursUnderhill Trail
Trailhead near Parkdale2.8 milesModerate · ~2.5 hoursVista Ridge Trail #626
Trailhead near Government Camp2.5 milesModerate · ~2 hoursWahkeena Trail #420
Trailhead near Troutdale2.6 milesModerate · ~2.5 hoursWaterfallsWater Tower Mountain Trail
Trailhead near Detroit1.3 milesModerate · ~2 hoursWelcome Lakes Trail
Trailhead near Detroit4 milesHard · ~4 hoursWest Zigzag Trail #789
Trailhead near Rhododendron2.2 milesModerate · ~2 hoursWhetstone Trail #546
Trailhead near Detroit4 milesModerate · ~3 hoursWhitewater Trail #3429
Trailhead near Idanha4 milesHard · ~3.5 hoursWhoopdee Trail (2021 Reroute)
Trailhead near Hood River4.5 milesHard · ~3.5 hoursWilson River Trail, Lee's Camp
Trailhead near Lee's Camp2.6 milesModerate · ~2.5 hoursWygant Trail
Trailhead near Hood River4 milesHard · ~3.5 hours