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The 21-mile Banks Vernonia State Trail is paved and open to hikers, bikers and equestrian use. Since it was an old railroad, users can pass over old, rehabilitated rail trestles.
The Banks-Vernonia State Trail was conceived in the late 1980s as a recreational use for an abandoned rail line, linking Vernonia 21 miles south to Banks. Most of the route was open for hikers ...
The Banks-Vernonia State Trail didn't come about by accident. Beginning in the 1920s, trains hauled logs and lumber over this route from the Oregon-American mill in Vernonia to Portland.
The Banks-Vernonia State Trail is one of those natural treasures—and I’m thrilled to see it recognized as a national recreation trail by the U.S. Department of the Interior,” Sen. Jeff ...
Bike riders far outnumber equestrians, but it's the horses that keep you on your toes when enjoying the 21 miles of the Banks-Vernonia State Trail.
As the entire length was paved and connected to six trailheads and the trail network of the new L.L. "Stub" Stewart State Park, the Banks-Vernonia State Trail was completed in 2010.
And for cyclists, the best example might be the car-free bliss of the Banks-Vernonia State Trail.Oregon’s first rails-to-trail system follows an old railroad bed through prairie and the Coast ...
This is a big weekend for Oregon’s first rail-trail. This morning, the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department and officials from Washington and Columbia Counties will cut the ribbon on a new section ...
To start at the north end of the trail, drive to Vernonia via Highway 30, Apiary Road and Oregon Highway 47. On the way, you'll pass forests, pastures, cows and the gently flowing Nehalem River.
Climbing the Tophill Trestle detour switchbacks. (Photos: Ted Timmons) Last week we shared the news that the State of Oregon is considering a new bridge on the Banks-Vernonia State Trail across ...
The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department has announced that a segment of the Banks-Vernonia State Trail between the Tophill and Beaver Creek trailheads will be closed for trail construction ...
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