A guide to the Willamette Valley Scenic Bikeway is now available on the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department's website.
The online tour includes printable maps as well as information on places to camp, historic points of interest, side trips and diversity of agriculture seen along the 127-mile route.
The northern end of the bikeway is at Champoeg State Heritage Area, the site of an 1843 meeting that led to Oregon's first provisional government. From Willamette Mission State Park to the south, the bikeway continues southward on a revised route east instead of west of the Willamette River through Salem, Albany and Brownsville. The south end of the route is in Armitage County Park north of Eugene.
The web guide divides the bikeway into four segments: Champoeg State Heritage Area to Salem; Salem to Albany; Albany to Brownsville, and Brownsville to Armitage County Park. The maps include elevation profiles of each segment and detailed maps of Keizer, Salem and Albany.
First conceived by Cycle Oregon, the Willamette Valley Scenic Bikeway is Oregon's first and, thus far, only designated Oregon Scenic Bikeway. It is recognized as a prototype for future state scenic bikeways-routes that offer cyclists access to outstanding scenic, historic and natural settings. The Oregon Scenic Bikeway Committee is charged with designating such routes after evaluating nominations by the public.
Thank you for the questions.
The best source to direct your questions to would be: Alex Phillips, Oregon Parks & Recreation Department Bicycle Recreation Coordinator - 503.986.0631
Hi
Browsing online, I have looked at both routes (east of Willamette River and west of river). Why was the route revised? What is the total mileage on the revised route? Which route has less car traffic?
thanks, Rita