• Monthly Meeting - every 3rd Thursday of the month at the caretaker's house on the butte - 7 PM

July 15, 2010

August 19, 2010

September 16, 2010

October 21, 2010

November 18, 2010

December 16, 2010

January 20, 2011

Febuary 17, 2011

• Monthly Trail Maintenance - every 2nd Saturday of the month except August and December - 9 to 11 AM

July 10, 2010

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September 11, 2010

October 9, 2010

November 13, 2010

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January 8, 2011

February 13, 2011

 

• Summer Concert Series - telephone contact: 503.823.PLAY

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• Summer Kid's Camp - call 503.823.3601 for more information

   

• Portland Parks has changed their policy regarding bikes/horses usage of the park. They are now going on a day by day evaluation of the trails and having people call the following number to see if they can legally ride on the trails. The number is 823-1616. Read more ~ Portland Parks & Recreation

• entrance - south of SE Powell and 162nd Avenue
• trail entrances - SE 148th and Gladstone, SE Ellis, SE Holgate and the Springwater Corridor
• Tri-Met bus serves with No. 9/Powell route

• Summer - 6 AM to 10 PM (June 1 to August 31)
• Fall - 7 AM to 8 PM (Sept 1 to last Saturday in Oct at then end of Daylight Savings Time)
• Winter - 7 AM to 6 PM (last Sunday in Oct when Standard Times resumes)
• Spring - 7 AM TO 8 PM (beginning the first Sunday in April when Daylight Savings Time goes into effect)

• "Do you hike, bike or ride horses on Powell Butte?" (.pdf document) - This rainy season you will have the opportunity to participate in a pilot project to test the theory that people ... READ MORE.

• Soft Surface Trails are closed to horses and bicycles during December, January and February.
• Activities not allowed are Frisbee Golf, Bicycle Racing and Paragliding.
• Camping is not allowed.
• Vegetation may not be removed or intentionally damaged.
• Dogs must be on leash at all times.
• All trails are marked for allowed forms of use.
• Other forms of use are not allowed.
• Bicycles and horses not allowed off trail.

• PortlandMaps.com
• trail map (printable) - .pdf
• park brochure (printable 14 x 8.5 in.) - .pdf

• (.pdf) - "The Over-Loving of Powell Butte" (see Page 5) by Tamra Dickinson of Friends of Powell Butte. East Portland Neighborhood Association News, April 29.

• Winter 2003

government:

• City of Portland Bureau of Water Works

Water System Reservoirs

• City of Portland Parks Bureau Powell Butte Nature Park

Natural Resources

• City of Gresham Parks and Recreation Division

parks and greenways in the area:

• Springwater Corridor
• Johnson Creek Watershed Council
• 40 Mile Loop
• Leach Botantical Gardens
• Beggar's Tick Marsh

user groups:

• PUMP - Portland United Mountain Pedalers

• Oregon Equestrain Trails

PMB 437, 9205 SE Clackamas Road

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1963 - web photo or Adobe .pdf

(Powell Valley Road Water District tank)

1970 - web photo or Adobe .pdf



* City of Portland, Stanley Parr Archives and Records Center

volunteer for the Parks Bureau

Powell Butte Reservoir 2 - Summer 2009 through 2013