Fox Creek Trail

This post is based on a project I did for my middle school forestry class in the seventh grade in the spring of 1995. The Fox Creek Trail is located behind the former Rainier Elementary School (now the Riverside Community Church) in Rainier, Oregon, and is maintained by the Friends of Fox Creek. The numbered map on this page was drawn by Friends of Fox Creek founder (and my 4th grade teacher) Darrel K. Whipple. I drew the bird at the end, probably to fulfill a requirement of the assignment. My original text follows with the photographs, even though the information is not entirely correct any more.

A NATURE TRAIL

There is a nature trail located behind the downtown elementary school in Rainier, Oregon, on the corner of West C Street and West 3rd Street. There is direct car access to the trail as it is located near the school parking lot. The trail is used for educational purposes and the trail is numbered to show points of interest. There is a trail by the creek that could be used for a picnic area. There are birds and squirrels in the forest and salmon in the creek.

KEY POINTS

1. LOCATION
2. RECREATIONAL VALUE
3. HABITATS

MAP

Rainier Elementary School

Entrance gate

1. Gateway Alder

Photo Missing

View from #2

3. Crooked Douglas Fir

4. Wetland

5. Wetland

6. Beaver's cottonwood in wetland

7. Octopus tree

12. "J" tree

Woodpecker tree, just after #12

View from #15