Outdoor & Adventure · wildlife area / beaches & birding
Sauvie Island Wildlife Area
$ · Portland, Oregon
A Manhattan-sized river island fifteen minutes north where Portland goes to remember it lives on a floodplain. Flat, easy trails like the Wapato Greenway loop, sandy Willamette beaches for a summer float, and a birding scene that turns serious every fall when the sandhill cranes and geese pour in. T
Try: The hike out to Warrior Rock Lighthouse, or fall raptor-and-crane birding from the Oak Island loop