10 Miles
This trail is located along the Lower Nehalem River about 50 miles west of Portland off highway 26.
Hikng along the rails does provide a challenge. Fall hiking was beautiful in this area with all of the colors and the beautiful river alongside most of the trail.
There are a couple of spots where erosion and storm damage has caused the rails to be unstable and so you do leave the main trail for a bit but it is easy to follow. A couple of river crossings also provided a little challenge but others have placed logs and rocks so that you can cross without getting too wet. I do recommend waterproof boots though.
All in all this was a beautiful but semi satisfying hike. I think you could probably hike further than the water tower and see more of the river but we got a late start and didn't want to run out of daylight so we turned around at the water tower after Doug's climb up into it to see what was inside - just branches and leaves.
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