Paddling near Hillsboro, OR

Set in Washington County's Tualatin Valley, Hillsboro sits at the upstream terminus of the Tualatin River National Water Trail, a federally designated 38.5-mile flatwater route that begins right in town at Rood Bridge Park. Within easy reach are Henry Hagg Lake, a 1,113-acre Coast Range reservoir, plus the Willamette and Columbia River water trails and the sheltered channels of Scappoose Bay and Sauvie Island.