Guided tours at Hoyt Arboretum

Hoyt Arboretum Friends (HAF) is a membership-based, nonprofit organization working in partnership with Portland Parks and Recreation to support Hoyt Arboretum.

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Tours & Walks in the Arboretum

Guided Tours are Back!

bridge.jpgCome learn about the rich history of Hoyt Arboretum and collection specimens, and get up close and personal with the trees. Proceeds from the tours go to support collections activities and tree maintenance.  The purchase price of a tour can be applied to the purchase of a Hoyt Arboretum membership.

Join us most Saturdays through September for the 90-minute tour. There will be one tour per Saturday, beginning at 10:00am.  $3 per person. No reservations needed.  Tours gather at the Visitor Center.

Tours are available on the following Saturdays:

June:  25th

July:  2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd, and 30th

August:  6th, 13th, 20th, 26th

September:  10th, 24th

 

Specialized Tours

Youth, family, and adult groups (7-100 participants) can plan guided walks with environmental activities or stewardship programs at many sites within the Portland park system including Hoyt Arboretum. Leaders are qualified to meet scouting badge requirements, Oregon curriculum benchmarks, and other program requirements. Dates, activities, and other presentation specifics are individually arranged for each group.

Fee: $3 per person. Call 503-823-3601 to make arrangements.

Trail Maps

Please review or download one of our PDF trail maps. Some of these maps may take a few minutes to download depending on your connection speed.  If you need Adobe Reader, get it here. 

Arboretum Full Trail Map 

1-Mile Walk Suitable for Strollers or Wheelchairs

1-Mile Self-Guided Walk

2-Mile Self-Guided Walk

4-Mile Self-Guided Walk

What to look for while enjoying our 12 miles of trail.

There’s no single right way to tour the Hoyt Arboretum but here are some ideas about what to see while you’re here.

September through November
The fall festival of colors - blazing gold, red, orange and yellow

December through March
Color and texture at the Winter Garden (located at the north end of the Magnolia Trail)

April through May
Heady scents of magnolias, dogwoods and cherries in bloom(Magnolia and Cherry Trails and around the Vietnam Veterans Memorial)

June through August
Native wildflowers rioting in the meadows or shading themselves under towering fir trees (all over the Arboretum)