Fanno Creek Trail

The Fanno Creek Trail is one of THPRD'€™s most used trail systems, serving people interested in recreation, nature exploring or a non-motorized transportation corridor.

The Fanno Creek Trail is one of THPRD'€™s most used trail systems, serving people interested in recreation, nature exploring or a non-motorized transportation corridor.

Within THPRD boundaries, the popular Fanno Creek Trail includes 4.5 miles of ADA-accessible trail that meanders through the Garden Home-Whitford and Raleigh Hills communities.

The trail begins at the Garden Home Recreation Center (you can park and access the trail on the north side of the grassy lawn) and largely follows Fanno Creek west toward 217, dipping south to SW Scholls Ferry Road south of Greenway Park and into Tigard. The underpass at Scholls Ferry is sometimes flooded. Click here to see if the trail is likely to be dry.

Eventually the trail is expected to extend from Willamette Park in SW Portland to the Tualatin River in Durham.

Along its length, the Fanno Creek Trail passes through forests, wetlands, and a variety of parks, making it a great destination for walking, running, biking, recreation, and wildlife viewing. As with most of THPRD’s regional trail systems, the Fanno Creek Trail is mostly flat, allowing young bike riders a welcoming place to learn or practice their riding.

Access to the trail can be found at numerous places, such as street crossings and neighborhood connections, as well as several parks.

• Vista Brook Park, featuring tennis and basketball courts as well as newer playground structures and a pond overlook, is along the Fanno Creek Trail.
• The trail is easily reachable from Camille Park by traveling north on SW 105th Avenue to SW Denney Blvd, and crossing over Highway 217, where the trail picks up again from a parking lot on the north side of the Fanno Creek Greenway.
• Further south at SW Hall Blvd., the trail continues through Greenway Park, which has many playgrounds, basketball courts, and a disc golf course.
• Koll Center Wetlands Natural Area is next to Greenway Park, a destination for many waterfowl and native turtles.

Wildlife opportunities abound along the Fanno Creek Trail, from native Pacific tree frogs in wetlands to active beavers in the creek. Red-tailed Hawks can be seen overhead as they search for prey, while Great Blue Herons and Great Egrets are a common sight at Koll Center Wetlands.

THPRD’s Natural & Trails Department regularly restores and cleans up natural area sites along the trail, with volunteers participating in invasive species removal, native planting and work to fix streambank erosion.