Hi. We’re here to share information and hear your comments about a new Big Picture plan for Tryon Creek State Natural Area, Milo McIver State Park and several other properties in the Portland area.We have some things for you to look at now — mostly maps and background — but much more will be coming in the next few months. Subscribe to the blog to get regular updates.
Yes, this is an official blog with a pipeline straight back to the planners in charge of coordinating this group effort. Comments you make here will be entered into the public record for this project.
This isn’t just an Oregon Parks and Recreation Department effort. We have stakeholders on our planning team, representing neighbors, natural resource groups, recreation supporters and our partner governments.
In addition to listening to you here, we’ll be holding several public meetings (first just to present park background information and to listen, and later on to discuss drafts of the plan). Be sure to check out the calendar as it develops.
Thanks.
A horse camp at McIver would be wonderful and quite extensively used I believe.
Thanks for your consideration.
Yes, camping at McIver would be awesome!! I also believe it would be well used!!
I belong to two horse clubs and agree; a horse camp at McIver would be great, especially for those equestrians who must travel long distances to get to the park. McIver enjoys the support of OET work parties and that help will continue. Thanks for your inclusion of horse riders everywhere. We appreciate the park’s openness and wonderful riding availability. Melody C. Fifield
We’d love to see a horse camp at McIver. I live in Central Oregon but during the hot dusty months it would be wonderful to have a greener damper place to bring our horses. I belong to OET and other riding clubs and know that OET will be there to build and maintain the camp and trails. I know funds are tight but this would be a great new recreational facility.
Julie is so right on. People on the East side of the Cascades would really love the greenery at McIver, and having a horse camp would allow them to experience this park. Thanks Julie!
As a member of Oregon Equestrian Trails and Valley View Riders, I have riden my horse and worked on the trails in McIver and Tryon Park for over 20 years. I cannot say enough about these parks putting me “in the wild ” and within an hour of driving from our home in Beavercreek. We can be very thankful to both park management staffs for maintaining the nature while welcoming hikers, bikers and horse riders. Thank you.
I feel and know that an equestrian horse camp at McIver would be a welcome addition! OET is dedicated to working with planning, building, and maintaining horse camps. You know we can do it because we have worked with McIver for many years. Back when I was a 4 H Equestrian leader we wished for an overnight stay there to train our members in healthy and appropriate ways to camp with horses. These children grow to be the workers, recreationists and appreciative adults of tomorrow. Now as an older person, having a horse camp so close to home would be a dream come true!
I would be very much in favor of a horse camp at McIver and also would very much prefer to continue to have horse trails at McIver and Tryon. They have been a place I have ridden my horses since 1990. Thank you very much for having such a great facility and as the previous reply state, Oregon Equestrian Trails (OET) is adept at building stalls and campsights. They could be a great resource for you.
Horse Camp at McIver!!!!???? That would be so awesome, especially if it were to include power and water like Stub Stewart!! Don’t think sewer is all that necessary.
I’d love to see a horse camp at McIver. This would provide a close-in camping opportunity for equestrians. I noticed that over Labor Day weekend, the people camp at McIver was full – in times of high gas prices, it sure it nice to not have to travel too far to enjoy nature whether you hike or ride your horse. I’d also like to see a connector trail to the Cazadero trail included in planning. This would give additional riding opportunities outside of the park and enhance the value of McIver regionally by tying it in to other recreational opportunities. In terms of Tryon Creek park – there sure appears to be a need for more parking for all users – hikers, bikers, equestrians, joggers, etc. – especially during heavy use periods such as trillium season. Thanks, as ever, for your consideration. Oregon State Parks are the greatest!
A horse camp at McIver would be great! As an OET member I would be happy to attend any and all work parties related to building and maintaining the new horse camp. Parking improvements for horse trailers at Tryon Creek would be a welcome addition as well.
Thank you for your consideration! Debbi
McIver Park is a popular park for equestrians. It would be a wonderful spot for a horse camp and generate even more support for this beautiful park.
Thanks
Mary
Yes to a Horse Camp at McIver! We have been wanting this for sometime. I think we have proven we take care of the trails now and respect all others in the park. We need to continue to create an enviroment for Horse riding to keep history alive. We also need a horse camp place like McIver that is close and we can take the younger generation of kids without extended travels. Happy to hear McIver is on the agenda!
We would LOVE a horse camp at McIver! And I guarantee we are two gals that would use
it regularly. We ride there now and have always dreamed of a horse camp there. Would
also help maintain any and all things needed to do so. Also belong to OET. Live 15+ miles
away but love to get away and the safety of it. Thanks for your consideration of a horse
camp at McIver !!!!
I live locally and use McIver frequently. It is an awesome park and OET has done so much for it’s improvement and maintenance. I think a horse camp would be wonderful as I’d travel just a few miles to camp with friends. Hope to see a trail system opened over to the Vortex side and some great trails over there which would give a couple days of riding for campers. Also looking forward to eventually being hooked up to the Cazedero trail and a link to Barton Park where hopefully there will be another horse camp in the future.
Nancy Haring
I live very close to McIver park, but I would definatley use the horse camp if one was built.
I agree we need the horse trails at Tryon Creek. It is nice to have an urban area to take your horse to and ride. More parking would be great.
Kathy
Please keep the horse trails at Tryon Creek! They are essential for those of us with horses in SW Portland. To lose them would be a shame and exclude many good people from using the park. We have tons of dog parks please do not close horse areas. Thank you
Heather
In general, I have concerns about supporting the construction of new horse camps because it is difficult to find enough volunteers to help build, maintain and support existing horse camps. But I make an exception with Milo McIver. The trails are so nice there-a small horse camp at Milo McIver would be wonderful.
I agree, Joyce. McIver would not be a camp that would get forgotten and neglected. It could serve as a training ground for local volunteers and as a safe place for people new to horse camping to try it out without having to be “off the grid.”
McIver is one of the most used parks in the area I believe adding a horse camp would be well used. The whole area would benefit from it and OET in this area has been one of the most supportive chapters in Oregon. There is also lots of room for this type of addition. Thank you so much Susan Hall
I have been a regular user of Mc Iver park for years. Just last Sat,9-3-11,my daughter and I attended the Poker ride/obstacle course event hosted by OET… had a wonderful time.We discussed how very odd it was that the park had such nice trails for equestrians but the camping is not available for us.Sad when you consider how popular the park is by local equestrians.The very fact that it IS local is what makes it such a great place for a camp ground.I have family and friends that would love to get together for an equestrian camp out but most campgrounds for horses are a good distance away .With the expense of fuel being what it is having a local place to camp would be fantastic!
Milo McIver may be the most popular trail riding park in Oregon. I’ve never been there when there weren’t 6 to 12 or more trailers parked in the beautiful big parking area (with space enough for twice that many). The trails are extremely well maintained, in large part by OET members, and the beauty plus diversity in terrain brings equestrians from far & wide, even out of state. I think a horse camp there would be wonderful and popular to all of us.
I have also ridden at Tryon Creek and the trails are as solid as the best I’ve ridden anywhere. With it’s hilly terrain and luxurious shade, Tryon would be excellent for conditioning a horse any time of year. The parking area is the only drawback, as it cannot handle many rigs, although very easy to get in & out of. Expansion of this lot would surely attract many more riders to go there on a more regular basis.
I live near Silverton and I would definitely camp at McIver if a horse camp were built. I know several of my friends would as well. I would also support any improvements at Tryon.
I would love it if they had a horse camp there. It is a real nice place to ride and would be great to be able to camp there with your horse.
I think we need a horse camp at MCIver, I ride there 3 or more times a week and it is a wonderful park. It would be nice to have a camp there for those that do not live close.
Glad to see it being on the table for McIvar as well as any and all upgrades to the other parks as well. Would love to see some trail expansion if possible, perhaps coordinating with other county parks inthe area (Barton park) or Cassidro trail in Estacada. I don’t ride the Springwater trail much but I’m sure the horse owners in the area would hate to lose the privilage of being a user group. Carl & Cynthia Hemphill OET members
Our family would be very appreciative of having the opportunity of horse camping at McIver and more parking at Tryon Creek. Due to the parking situation at Tryon Creek, riding there is sometimes difficult.. The park is very convenient and would probably be used even more if people weren’t concerned about getting there and finding no parking. McIver State Park obviously has some great locations for a horse camp and would be well used. Water and electricity hookups would be fabulous but we can do without if it means the difference between having camping or not.
Bill and Sheila Hornocker
We would be thrilled to have horse camping at McIver and more parking at Tryon Creek. We live near Tryon Creek and there are many days the lot is very full. Electricity and water would be a plus at McIver horse camp but if it means the difference between having camping or not, we can do without.
I LOVE riding at McIver park but live so far away, it’s hard to go for a day ride. If there was a horse camp there, I would DEFINITELY use it!!
As a local horse owner, that frequents McIver often, I’d love to see a horse camp there. This would be a great place to camp with friends, without having the long haul.
I’ve ridden several times at Tyron also and agree that it certainly needs parking improvements.
I agree with everybody that a horse camp at McIver would be great and yes please keep up the trails @ Tryon Park, where else do we have horse trails in the city
Both McIver and Tryon are wonderful places to ride … an hour from home! I love these parks and we are so grateful to all the folks that help keep the trails. A horse camp at McIver would be FANTASTIC! It would be greatly appreciated and well used. The more citified and urbanized we become the more important it is to maintain and expand these parks for equestrian uses.