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Riverside Park
4.4 ★★★★☆ 963 Google reviews · Running trail in Clackamas, Oregon · Posted hours
Runner's snapshot
- Surface
- Not reported
- Distance
- Not reported
- Shape
- Not reported
- Shade
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- Access
- Posted hours
Confirmed from Riverside Park's own listing, the park or land manager's website, and runner reviews. Blank cells mean we could not verify that fact — we would rather say "not reported" than invent one. There is no Easy / Moderate / Hard rating on this page on purpose: a one-word difficulty score tells you nothing about whether a trail suits your run. Surface, distance, shade and hours do.
Park on the Clackamas River featuring a beach, float-access points, picnic tables and baseball fields.
What runners say about Riverside Park
“It was fun and clean, but there was a strong tide.”
“When you can get past all those limitations, it's a rocky beach, but it's the Clackamas river, and it's cold generally, with gorgeous scenery all around.”
Nice hike around the island. They really have kept this a nice family friendly park.
Busy, primitive park, with dirt trails, one or two port a potties in parking lot, little to no security. A dumpster or two for garbage, which fills fast. When you can get past all those limitations, it's a rocky beach, but it's the Clackamas river, and it's cold generally, with gorgeous scenery all around.
Great place to take the fur baby and let him run around. Just watch out for all the broken glass...I try to pick up as much of it as I can when we walk thru but I'm afraid it's never ending.
Trail conditions & character
“Busy, primitive park, with dirt trails, one or two port a potties in parking lot, little to no security.”
Plan your run at Riverside Park
The practical stuff
- AccessPosted hours — posted hours below; park gates sometimes close earlier than the listing says
- DistanceNot reported. Trail systems often quote total path mileage rather than a single loop, so measure the route you actually want before you drive out.
- ShadeNot reported. Assume some of it is exposed and carry water in summer.
- At the trailheadparking — reported by runners
Hours
| Monday | 6 am–8:45 pm |
| Tuesday | 6 am–8:45 pm |
| Wednesday | 6 am–8:45 pm |
| Thursday | 6 am–8:45 pm |
| Friday | 6 am–8:45 pm |
| Saturday | 6 am–8:45 pm |
| Sunday | 6 am–8:45 pm |
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