Sauvie Island – Skyline Loop
Elevation Chart
Turn-by-Turn Directions (show)
| Turn right toward Bikepath | 249 feet (76 meters) |
| Turn left onto Bikepath | 177 feet (54 meters) |
| Turn left onto Waterfront Bike Trail | 0.4 miles (698 meters) |
| Turn left on Waterfront Bike Trail | 164 feet (50 meters) |
| Head east on Waterfront Bike Trail | 164 feet (50 meters) |
| Turn left onto Waterfront Bike Trail | 0.4 miles (703 meters) |
| Slight right onto NW Naito Pkwy | 0.7 miles (1056 meters) |
| Turn left onto NW 9th Ave | 279 feet (85 meters) |
| Turn right onto NW Overton St | 0.4 miles (713 meters) |
| Turn right onto NW 18th Ave | 0.1 miles (238 meters) |
| Turn left onto NW Raleigh St | 0.8 miles (1334 meters) |
| Turn right onto NW 27th Ave | 0.1 miles (240 meters) |
| Turn left onto NW Upshur St | 0.2 miles (324 meters) |
| Turn right onto NW 29th Ave | 0.2 miles (279 meters) |
| Turn left onto NW Nicolai St | 0.1 miles (225 meters) |
| Continue onto NW St Helens Rd | 1.5 miles (2439 meters) |
| Continue southwest on NW Kittridge Ave | 0.2 miles (368 meters) |
| Head southwest on NW Kittridge Ave | 0.2 miles (368 meters) |
| Turn right on U.S. 30 W/U.S. Route 30 W/NW St Helens Rd | 1.8 miles (2890 meters) |
| Head northwest on U.S. 30 W/U.S. Route 30 W/NW St Helens Rd | 4.7 miles (7579 meters) |
| Continue northeast on NW Sauvie Island Rd/NW Sauvie Island Bridge | 0.3 miles (536 meters) |
| Head north on NW Gillihan Rd/NW Gillihan Loop Rd | 6.1 miles (9849 meters) |
| Head south on NW Reeder Rd | 3.5 miles (5612 meters) |
| Head southwest on NW Reeder Rd | 0.9 miles (1375 meters) |
| Continue south on NW Sauvie Island Rd | 0.7 miles (1169 meters) |
| Head south on NW Sauvie Island Rd | 1.4 miles (2277 meters) |
| Turn left onto U.S. 30 E/U.S. Route 30 E/NW St Helens Rd | 0.8 miles (1331 meters) |
| Continue southwest on NW Newberry Rd | 2.1 miles (3346 meters) |
| Turn left on NW Skyline Blvd | 0.6 miles (1032 meters) |
| Head east on NW Skyline Blvd | 2 miles (3154 meters) |
| Continue southeast on NW Skyline Blvd | 95 feet (29 meters) |
| Continue south on NW Skyline Blvd | 3.7 miles (5904 meters) |
| Continue south on NW Skyline Blvd | 486 feet (148 meters) |
| Turn left onto NW Thompson Rd | 1.6 miles (2529 meters) |
| Continue southeast on NW Cornell Rd | 2.4 miles (3794 meters) |
| Slight left onto NW Lovejoy St | 443 feet (135 meters) |
| Turn right onto NW 25th Ave | 262 feet (80 meters) |
| Turn left onto NW Kearney St | 518 feet (158 meters) |
| Turn right onto NW 24th Ave | 259 feet (79 meters) |
| Turn left onto NW Johnson St | 1 miles (1582 meters) |
| Turn left onto NW 9th Ave | 522 feet (159 meters) |
| Turn right on NW Lovejoy St | 518 feet (158 meters) |
| Head west on NW Lovejoy St | 518 feet (158 meters) |
| Turn right onto NW 9th Ave | 0.2 miles (320 meters) |
| Turn right onto NW Naito Pkwy | 0.3 miles (464 meters) |
| Turn right on NW Naito Pkwy | 0.2 miles (246 meters) |
| Continue southeast on NW Naito Pkwy | 0.3 miles (501 meters) |
| Turn right onto Waterfront Bike Trail | 0.8 miles (1230 meters) |
| Turn right onto Bikepath | 236 feet (72 meters) |
| Turn right onto SW Naito Pkwy | 184 feet (56 meters) |
This ride can be a moderate flat out-and-back to Sauvie Island, or a challenging combination of flat and climbing if you do the loop as mapped here. Start at the Salmon Springs Fountain at Waterfront Park and ride north on Front Avenue to St. Helens Road/Highway 30. Continue to Sauvie Island, crossing the bridge and riding a counter-clockwise loop around the island. Once finished with that loop, ride south on St. Helens Road and turn right to make the long steep climb up Newberry Road. From Newberry turn left onto Skyline Drive, follow that along the ridge and later turn left on Thompson Road. Thompson will intersect with Cornell Road (turn left) for a downhill into Northwest Portland. Ride east down to the river and turn right at Waterfront Park to end back at the Salmon Springs Fountain.
Motorized Vehicle Traffic: Light (Sauvie Island, Newberry) to Heavy (Highway 30)
Seasons: All
Comments
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be sure you have the right gear for a really steep climb as you turn on to Newberry Rd it is really tough to shift in the middle of the first 1/4 mile up the hill.
Posted by afortunateone on October 23rd, 2009 -
The ride out to the island from Portland is about an hour, depending on how fast your ride, although you ride along the busy St. Helens Road. The island has great wildlife and beautiful farms. See if you can find Krugers farm market. Fantastic produce.
Posted by oregonbicycletours on November 24th, 2009
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