75 of the Best Day Hikes in Oregon
Outdoor Project’s list of Oregon’s 75 Best Day Hikes.
This is a good list of the hikes in Oregon. Having done a number of these, I agree with many of these. While the Columbia Gorge list does not include the Washington side hikes like Dog Mountain, Hamilton Mountain, or Table Mountain, Coyote Wall, etc, at very least it makes a great starting point for Oregon-side trails.
Note that a number of these hikes are not for beginners or novices. Be sure to google the details before you go.
Oregon Coast + Coast Range
- Cape Lookout Hike
- Cape Falcon Hike
- Tillamook Head Hike
- Drift Creek Falls Hike
- Neahkahnie Mountain
- Cascade Head
- Saddle Mountain
- Kentucky Falls Hike
- Port Orford Heads Trails
- Golden + Silver Falls
Columbia River Gorge
- Multnomah Falls/Wahkeena Falls Loop
- Oneonta Gorge
- Horsetail + Ponytail Falls Hike
- Eagle Creek Hike
- Munra Point
- Tom McCall Point
- Indian Point Hike
- Deschutes River, Ferry Springs Hike
- Chinidere Mountain + Wahtum Lake Hike
- Elowah Falls Hike
Mount Hood/Clackamas River Area
- McNeil Point Hike
- Paradise Park, Mount Hood
- Clackamas + Memaloose Falls Hike
- Tamanawas Falls
- Salmon River, Old Trail
- Bald Butte
- Ramona Falls Hike
- Clackamas River Trail
- Gnarl Ridge Hike
- Cooper Spur + Cloud Cap Hike
Mount Jefferson + Metolius River Area
- Jefferson Park
- Canyon Creek Meadows
- Pamelia Lake + Grizzly Peak
- Metolius River Trail
- Black Butte Trail
Willamette Valley + Foothills
- Opal Creek Hike
- Abiqua Falls Hike
- Silver Falls, Trail of 10 Falls
- Butte Creek Falls Hike
- Spencer Butte Hike
- Proxy Falls Hike
- Diamond Creek Falls
- Triangulation Peak + Boca Cave
- McKenzie River Trail
- Brice Creek Trail
Central Oregon
- Green Lakes Hike
- Tumalo Falls + Creek Hike
- Arnold Ice Cave
- Broken Top Crater
- Lava River Cave
- Paulina Lake Loop Trail + Hot Springs
- Deschutes River Trail, Upper Reach
- Tam McArthur Rim
- Steelhead Falls
- Waldo Lake + Rigdon Lakes Hike
- Paulina Peak
- Smith Rock Misery Ridge
- Sparks Lake, Ray Adkeson Memorial Trail
Southern Oregon
- Diamond Peak, Marie + Rockpile Lakes
- Rogue River Trail
- Moon Falls
- Crater Lake, Mount Scott
- Crater Lake, Garfield Peak
- Crater Lake Plaikni Falls Trail
- Indigo Lake Trail
- Grizzly Peak
- Mount McLoughlin
- Lower Table Rock