Fanno Creek Trail Bonita Road to Durham Road Project

The proposed project will provide critical site analysis to prepare for funding, easement acquisition, design, and construction of the most technically-challenging trail gap from Bonita Road to Durham Road. To keep up-to-date on the progress of this project, click here to visit the project page. 

Fanno Creek Trail Amenities

While the Fanno Creek Trail is being developed in segments, a cohesive look and feel for the trail in Tigard is the goal.

Fanno Creek Overlook

This project will straighten the Fanno Creek Trail through downtown, eliminating the need for the “over and back” route over Fanno Creek, while creating a resting space along the trail that looks out over the creek itself.

Map

Scholls Ferry Road to North Dakota Street (PDF)

Ratings

Distance: 3/4 mile
Difficulty: Easy
Surface: Asphalt
Width: 8-10 Feet
Grade: Flat 
Cross Slope: Above 2 in some locations

Description

At an undercrossing at Scholls Ferry Road, trail users can connect to Greenway Park and beyond in the City of Beaverton. Traveling south from Scholls Ferry, users can experience wetland views, access to local neighborhoods, and several benches to stop for a rest. Near trail access to Ponderosa Place is an asphalt half basketball court and hoop. The trail also provides access to Englewood Park. There is a stop sign on the trail at North Dakota Street where trail users must use an existing bike lane and travel about 180 feet to a marked crosswalk.

Notable: Playground at Ironwood Loop

Map

North Dakota Street to Tiedeman Avenue  (PDF)

Ratings

Distance: 3/4 mile
Difficulty: Easy
Surface: Asphalt
Width: 8-10 Feet
Grade: Flat
Cross Slope: Above 2 in some locations

Description

This trail section is divided in half by Tigard Street.

On the section from North Dakota to Tigard Street the trail travels through the Fanno Creek Greenway. There is a marked crosswalk on Tigard Street directly opposite the second half of trail. Please note, there are no benches available on this section of trail.

From Tigard Street to Tiedeman Avenue the trail travels through Dirksen Nature Park. Key features of the park visible from the trail include:

• Oak Savanna Restoration - Less than 2 percent of historic oak savanna habitat remains in the Willamette Valley. Restoring this remnant oak savanna provides an opportunity for park visitors to view this important historic landscape.
• Soft surface trails leading to park amenities like the education center and boardwalk. The boardwalk reaches into a stunning forested wetland hidden in the center of the nature park. Although the site is dry during summer months, winter brings a wet bayou-like setting where tall trees reflect in the water below.
• Fields, including softball.

At the approach to Tiedeman Avenue, the trail travels over a bridge of wood slat construction. At the end of the bridge, travel via sidewalk or bike lane approximately 400 feet to a marked crossing into Woodard Park.

Map

Tiedeman Avenue to Grant Avenue  (PDF)

Ratings

Distance: 3/4 mile
Difficulty: Easy
Surface: Asphalt
Width: 8 Feet
Grade: flat
Cross Slope: Above 2 in some locations

Description

This section of trail winds through beautiful Woodard Park. Known for its large oak trees and ponderosa pines, both Fanno Creek and Derry Dell Creek flow through this quiet park. The trail winds past a playground, small covered shelter and drinking fountain.

Map

Grant Avenue to Main Street (PDF)

 

Ratings

Distance: 1/2 mile 
Difficulty: Easy
Surface: Concrete
Width: 10 Feet
Grade: Flat
Cross Slope: Less than 3

Map

Main Street to Tigard Public Library (PDF)

Ratings

Distance: 9/10 mile 
Difficulty: Easy, moderate to difficult on some of the trail entrances
Surface: Asphalt and Concrete
Width: 8-12 Feet
Grade: Flat
Cross Slope: Above 2 in some locations

DESCRIPTION
Renovated in 2025, Fanno Creek Park stretches from Main Street in Downtown Tigard to Hall Boulevard and to the Tigard Public Library (see the map (PDF)). There are more than 10 entrances to the park including one through the breezeway at Tigard City Hall.

From Main Street, travel south to a pedestrian bridge over Fanno Creek. Trail exits include access to Burnham Street via Ash Avenue and Tigard City Hall, and access to the Tigard Senior Center and Fanno Creek House before reaching Hall Boulevard. The park is bordered by commercial and industrial property to the northeast and west. The southwest and south are primarily residential areas.

The park is part of the Fanno Creek floodplain and mainly consists of grassy and wooded wetlands. Park improvements complement and enhance the natural environment which can be experienced from boardwalks, soft and hard trails, and bridges that transverse the creek. There is a gazebo in the field near the library for small, informal gatherings.

Public restrooms and drinking fountains can be found at Universal Plaza and at the Tigard Public Library during open hours. In some areas.

There is a rapid-flashing beacon (not traffic signal), at the pedestrian crossing of Hall Boulevard. Pedestrians must press a button to activate the beacons, which produce yellow flashing lights. The lights signal motorists to yield to pedestrians waiting at the curb or walking in the crosswalk. 

Ratings

Difficulty: Easy
Surface: Asphalt and Steel Pile Boardwalk
Width: 8-12 Feet
Grade: Mainly Flat

Description

Starting just east of the Tigard Library’s book drop loop, the trail crosses Fanno Creek with a combination of boardwalks and a bridge. The remainder of the trail is “on-grade” and is a paved 12’ wide asphalt path. Two rest areas are available between the Tigard Library and Milton Court.

Ratings

Difficulty: Easy
Surface: Asphalt and Boardwalk
Width: 12 Feet
Grade: Mainly Flat

Description

South of the cul-de-sac at the southern end of SW 85th Avenue there is currently a trail that heads down the hill and then turns west towards the ball fields in Cook Family Park.  Starting at the turn at the bottom of the hill, this trail segment heads directly south until just west of the undercrossing of the railroad tracks that leads to Durham City Park to the north and the Ki-a-Kuts Bridge over the Tualatin River to the south.  This trail segment consists of a combination of 12’ paved asphalt portions along with a portion that is boardwalk.  The boardwalk has a concrete trail surface, and metal railing on the sides. A rest area is mid-way through the segment, along with a new trailhead to the railroad undercrossing.