Activation through Recreation

Northeast Portland deserves access to outdoor recreation opportunities and Rocky Butte can be that place! Friends of Rocky Butte aims to create public access to multi-use trails for hiking, biking, and rock climbing around Rocky Butte. We are a passionate group of dedicated organizations and individuals aiming to open up and develop access to one of urban Portland's largest natural areas.

Rocky Butte is an extinct cinder cone volcano located along the I-205 corridor and the I-84 interchange.

This is an existing natural area with mature tree canopy, basalt cliffs, and woodland trails. With basic trail development, this area would attract hikers, off-road cyclists, and rock climbers

Northeast Portland lacks proximity to outdoor recreational activities that other parts of the city enjoys. Establishing recreational access to Rocky Butte would create nature access to the diverse and under-served neighborhoods of Parkrose, Sumner and Madison South.

Currently, the natural area is overgrown by invasive ivy and filled with debris from expansive camping. We hope to better steward the area by promoting recreational foot traffic and creating woodland biodiversity.

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