Recreation & Trails

Compatible recreation is as important to Mt. Pisgah as protecting and enhancing it's natural splendor. This begins with good trails. A good network of trails can take park users through a variety of habitats and to awe-inspiring vistas while minimizing our impact on the nature and wildlife we enjoy.

Along with maintaing our adopted trails, #7 & #17,the Friends  have embarked on two new trail projects, the brand-new South Meadow Interpretive Trail and the realignment of the existing Trail #3. 

Hikers, equestrians, and naturalists all delight in the 17 miles of trails Mt. Pisgah offers.  Hosting more than 250,000 people annually makes trail planning and maintaining a must. Friends of Buford Park & Mt. Pisgah works with Lane County Parks to design, build and maintain trails at Buford Park.

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  Wetland overlook, South Meadow Trail. Photo by Kurt Kamin.

Thank You, REI for your continuing support!
Over the past few years, the Friends and Eugene's local REI store have forged a valued partnership focusing on making Mt. Pisgah a great place to get outdoors. With their help, both through a force of volunteers and through grants, we've cleared invasives from trailsides and have layed tons of new gravel over well-used trails.

In September 2010, the REI store in Eugene was severely damaged by a fire. While the building was under repair, store manager Dean Meer (left) and REI employees turned their energy toward helping the Friends build a new trail in Buford Park's newly restored South Meadow floodplain. Design and construction of the trail was funded, in part, with a $5,000 cash grant from REI.

“REI values our partnership with Friends of Buford Park and their commitment to engaging volunteers in outdoor stewardship to protect local public lands. We are thrilled to be playing a role in the trail improvements and restoration efforts at the Howard Buford Recreation Area.
 
Thank you, Friends of Buford Park, for all of your great work to protect public lands and enhance local outdoor recreation opportunities!”
 
-Dean Meer, REI Eugene Store Manager

Our newest grant from REI supports our Trail #3 realignment project. With their support park users will soon realize a mud free jaunt on the north slope of Mt. Pisgah. So next time you're in REI, tell them thanks for Pisgah!
Email us for more information on how you can get involved with trail maintenance at Buford Park.