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Searching for Trails in Benton County
Healthy Hikes
Benton County is located in the heart of the Willamette Valley with miles of hiking trails for both the casual walker and the avid hiker.
The trails are presented here in a variety of ways to make finding the trail that's right for you easy. You can choose to browse trails by region, length of the trail, level of difficulty, or a combination of factors using the search form below.
The Benton County Choose-A-Trail 3000©
Margie’s Best Seasonal Picks:
Mulkey Creek to Fitton Green
- Length: 6.9 miles round trip
- Elevation gain: 1,170 feet
- Difficulty: Moderate to difficult
- Trail uses: Foot, bike, horse
- Trail surface: Gravel
- Seasonal closures: Fitton Green closed to bikes and horses 10/31 to 4/15
- Managing agency: Benton County
"Kind of a long haul but not muddy, great view from top of Fitton Green and if there is fresh snow a bonus."
To get to trail head:
Parking access are available at three entrances. One parking area is on the south side of Oak Creek Rd., 0.75 miles west for the Harrison Blvd/53rd St/Walnut Blvd/Oak Creek Rd. junction. Another small lot is on the north side of Reservoir Rd., 1 mile west of 53rd St. Unlimited parking exists at the west end the Fairgrounds parking lot.
Description
Start at the trailhead on Oak Creek Dr. Turn right immediately after crossing the bridge and follow Mulkey Creek Trail directions to the junction at mile 1.2. Turn right (the Mulkey Creek Trail continues to the left). Follow this short spur trail, leaving the cool corridor of Mulkey Creek for wide, graveled Wynoochee Dr. Proceed west (left) on Wynoochee for 0.9 miles, climbing steadily to the junction with Panorama Dr. Turn left and continue another 0.6 miles up past homes nestled in the forest. The road tops out and gently drops past the last home and into Fitton Green Natural Area. Follow the grassy park road for 100 yards, turn left, and loop around Fitton Green clockwise. Retrace your steps back down to the parking lot.
Seasonal trails from Corvallis Trails Exploring the Heart of the Valley by Margie Powell and published by Oregon State University Press, 500 Kerr Administration, Corvallis OR 97331-2122 (http://oregonstate.edu/dept/press)
(Seasonal trail information) All rights reserved. First published in 2006 by Oregon State University Press
