This park is a great park but if you have dogs, it is fabulous. I do not have a dog but one of my hiking partners did.
This is by far the largest of Portland's off-leash parks. It has 1400 acres of wilderness trails and open areas for both humans and dogs to run, hike and just have fun.
The park is bordered by the Columbia River, the Sandy River and then I-84 on the back side. The whole park is an off-leash area with the exception of the parking lot and the Confluence Trail that takes visitors to a bird viewing area on the Columbia River. At the end of the Confluence Trail is a stunning Bird Blind. We actually did not see a lot of birds on this day mostly because there were dogs romping and playing in the river below. The dogs were having a great time chasing sticks in the water.
On this day, we hiked the Confluence Trail to the Columbia River and then did some geocaching on the way back. We took a side trip to the Sandy River on the other side. I really did not keep track of the miles, but I would guess we hiked a minimum of 6 miles on the Delta. I certainly was tired when we were done especially since we had already completed a hike on the other side of the freeway at Lewis & Clark State Park earlier in the day.
By the time we were at the Sandy River, the sun was starting to go down. It was absolutely gorgeous and peaceful at the waters edge. The photo was taken by a friend who took it with her phone. You can see how beautiful the setting was from the nice photos below.
After taking the photos, we hiked back to the parking lot. Another beautiful hike with some wonderful friends.
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