Bolon Island Tideways State Wayside

A hike at Bolon Island Tideways State Scenic Corridor

Jedediah Smith explored this vicinity. This is a historical mark. We found a plaque about the Tide Ways Island Memorial Park. We even found a beautiful lake. We loves our hike. That was fun!

Cormorants. Lots of cormorants.

This small island between Reedsport and Gardiner is inhabited by hundreds of fish-eating cormorants. Their roosting trees have been killed by the nitrogen in their droppings, so most of the south shor...

A little wild

The trail needs tending. The woods are green and dense but it ends abruptly unless you want to scale down a precarious edge. There was construction on the right hand side. I did see some birds but no ...

Not much to do

We stopped here out of curiosity and it was pretty empty. Not much to do. There was a trail but it wasn’t very tidy. This is a definitely not a place to stop.

Nice walk, end of the trail needs attention

This is a great place to pull off the road and stretch, but the path doesn't lead to much. You can climb down the rocks and get a view of the river, but there are no benches or picnic tables