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Whispering Woods Natural Area
4.3 ★★★★☆ 92 Google reviews · Running trail in Beaverton, Oregon · Posted hours
Runner's snapshot
- Surface
- Mixed
- Loop distance
- Not reported
- Shape
- Loop
- Shade
- Not reported
- Access
- Posted hours
Confirmed from Whispering Woods Natural Area'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.
What runners say about Whispering Woods Natural Area
“Perfect clean little trail amongst a neighborhood that is perfect for a shorter sniff walk with our dog.”
“It is a small but beautiful little nature park that is great for short walks or just finding a little "me-time" to decompress.”
Nice urban park. Small paved loop with a couple of bridges and some feeder gravel trails that can be explored. I remember when the area was a flood plain. Nice that THRPD has been able to utilize this unbuildable land so that it can be used during the summer months.
Cute short walk that takes you out into nature. There’s a very short paved loop and also another short walk on gravel. Google takes you to one entrance, but there’s another-see photo.
It is a small but beautiful little nature park that is great for short walks or just finding a little "me-time" to decompress.
Keep dogs on leash, pickup after them. Watch for the party and occasions campers junk. Birds, geese . Simple path, short walk.
Trail conditions & character
“Small paved loop with a couple of bridges and some feeder gravel trails that can be explored.”
“Small paved loop with a couple of bridges and some feeder gravel trails that can be explored.”
“Perfect clean little trail amongst a neighborhood that is perfect for a shorter sniff walk with our dog.”
“It is a small but beautiful little nature park that is great for short walks or just finding a little "me-time" to decompress.”
“If you take the loop to the left direction from the entrance the walk is slightly more challenging due to a steeper incline.”
“No parking, but there was an area a couple min walk from the start that wouldn’t mean parking directly in front of someone’s house-which is the courteous thing to do!”
“Small paved loop with a couple of bridges and some feeder gravel trails that can be explored.”
Plan your run at Whispering Woods Natural Area
The practical stuff
- AccessPosted hours — posted hours below; park gates sometimes close earlier than the listing says
- SurfaceMixed — more than one surface along the route, so check the segment you plan to run
- 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
- DogsWelcome, per reviewers. Leash rules vary by park — the trailhead sign is the authority.
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Hours
| Monday | 5 AM–9:30 PM |
| Tuesday | 5 AM–9:30 PM |
| Wednesday | 5 AM–9:30 PM |
| Thursday | 5 AM–9:30 PM |
| Friday | 5 AM–9:30 PM |
| Saturday | 5 AM–9:30 PM |
| Sunday | 5 AM–9:30 PM |
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