Registration:  Hammond Grocery & Bait, 1180 Pacific Drive, Hammond, Oregon.

Directions:  From Astoria, HWY 101 South to Warrenton. Right onto East Harbor Drive by Walgreens.  At the 4-way stop in Warrenton, continue straight to the blinking 4-way stop in Hammond.  Hammond Grocery is on the left.   File cabinet is located just inside the entrance on the left.  (From Seaside, HWY 101 North to Warrenton.  Left onto East Harbor Drive, by Walgreems and continue as above.)


Event Info:  Hammond Grocery is closed Christmas, New Year's, Easter, and may close early the day before those holidays.  Phone the store at (503) 861-2088 to verify hours/days. 

YRE 1972 is on paved and natural state park trails through historic Ft. Stevens State Park, which was recently made a part of the Lewis & Clark National Historic Park.  Historic Area gate is locked at 4 p.m. in the winter and 6 p.m. in the summer.  Plan to start walk early enough to complete it by closing.  A number of historic military bunkers may be explored along the route, as well as a museum pertaining to things military.  A portion of the trail is along the Columbia River and through natural forested areas.    Also passes a replica of a Chinook Indian Longhouse.   Water and restrooms at registration point.  Vault toilet at start point. Restrooms in the Historic Area. Carry  water.  You might want mosquito repellent during the summer months.


YRE 819 is a flat route on packed gravel, paved trail or city streets, with a few blocks on the road shoulder.  The 6k loop goes north to Hammond and back.  From Carruthers Park walk along the Columbia River dike to Hammond, passing a library, a firehouse and the Hammond Boat basin ("Free Willy"-1993) to your check point near the gazebo.  Returning to Carruthers Park you will pass another viewpoint and a picturesque building which used to be the Point Adams Coast Guard Station.  The Coast Guard Station was built in 1938 on the site of the Point Adams Life Saving Station (1887).  A matted pencil sketch of these 2 buildings commemorating our Marine Heritage is available at the registration point.  The 7k south loop goes to Warrenton and back.  From Carruthers Park you will walk south to Warrenton, passing the water treatement plant, the DK Warren Estate, and the Warrenton Boat Basin on the Skipanon River, and then return to Carruthers Park.  Stunning river views with Astoria and the bridge in the distance.