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Mary S. Young Park is owned by Oregon State Parks, but operated
through a cooperative agreement with the City of West Linn.
Located between Highway 43 and the Willamette River, Mary S. is a
fantastic park with ~8 miles of hiking and biking trails, a large
open leash-free dog area, soccer fields, and several nice beaches
along the river.
The trails are fairly simple, but if you're interested, the City
of West Linn provides several options for trail
maps. (Since it is new, as of June, 2009, Mary's Trail is
missing or called "Unnamed" on these maps. But the creek is
identified on all, so you should be able to determine the primary
direction of the trail.) If you stick with the main trails and
visit all of my caches in the park, you should enjoy a nice ~3 mile
hike. Some parts of the trails are fairly level, but some sections
follow the ups and downs of the creeks in the area. And of course,
it's downhill to the river and uphill coming back.
Mary's Trail is the newest trail in the park, constructed in the
spring of 2009. This is a beautiful trail leading down toward Mary
S. Young creek, crosses the creek with a nice bridge, and joins the
main trail system just above the Willamette River.
If you visit during soccer season, it is best to drive to the
end of the road to avoid the parking chaos near the soccer fields.
As with many caches in Oregon's forests, GPS reception may not be
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