Northeast Tillamook St, Grant Park

Northeast Tillamook Street is in a very nice residential area. It is a nice place to take long walks in the shade and admire the yards and houses. There is also Grant Park nearby which is a great park to play games and run around in. It also borders the Rose City Park which is a large park with a golf course.

Though I used to live on 90th and Tillamook, by Handcock Park, the area of Tillamook I like the most is part of it that is west of 82nd, between about 80th and 62nd.

I walk down this street on an almost daily basis, just to get in a little bit of exercise, clear my mind, and get out of the house. From the corner of 82nd and Tillamook this street doesn't look like much, but once you get walking you'll see.

The first thing you'll notice is the Banfield dog park to your left. I used to have a membership here for my German Shepherd, and he loved it. All of the dogs do, and I think most of the owners as well. There are mostly houses here, though if you look to the right and down the street you'll see Madison High School, which is a very fine place to get an education (it's where I got mine).

Next you will come to a golf course on the right, and a series of apartment complexes on the left. These apartments are clean, and fairly nice, I have friends who live in them, and I've heard only good things. There's a trail that follows the golf course fence, and a bike/jogging path, that are my targets here. It's a very quiet, clean, good place to walk. It's almost like a little slice of wilderness in the middle of the city. Okay, not quite, but the next feature is.

After you walk past the golf course you come to Rice Elementary School and Rose City Park. It is a very nice, clean park, with a barkdust trail that follows the golf course past the school, the tennis courts, the swings/play structure and finally up towards Sacramento street and Roseway Heights Middle School. I volunteer at RHMS, and can safely say it is a very good place to send your kids. However, about halfway to Sacramento the trail turns and follows the golf course again, this time with a very steep hill (and Sacramento) to your left and the Golf Course to your right.

I typically walk down this trail, meeting some joggers and dog walkers on my way, until I reach 72nd, at which point I turn back towards Tillamook and walk home. It's a very pleasant walk, and my dog likes it too.