Banks-Vernonia Trail

Rail-trail in Oregon · OpenStreetMap relation

Length: 22.7 mi 36.5 km¹
On former railbed: 20.8 mi 92%
Surface: Paved¹
Last checked: Oct 12, 2026

The Banks–Vernonia State Trail is a paved rail trail and state park in northwest Oregon in the United States. It runs for 21 miles (34 km), primarily north–south, between the towns of Vernonia in Columbia County and Banks in Washington County on an abandoned railroad bed. Banks is about 25 miles (40 km) west of Portland.

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Managed by Oregon State Parks.⁴

Photos

Banks–Vernonia State Trail (8386004762).jpg
Photo: B J IMAGERY from Beaverton · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Beaver Creek - Columbia County, Oregon.JPG
Photo: M.O. Stevens · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
L L Stub Stewart State Park-5.jpg
Photo: Geirfuglasker · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Vernonia-Banks Trail panorama.jpg
Photo: Paul Cole from Portland, Oregon, USA · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Vernonia Trailhead.jpg
Photo: Geirfuglasker · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Trailheads

1 Anderson Park Trailhead restrooms directions
2 Banks Trailhead restrooms · water directions
3 Banks-Vernonia Parking restrooms · water directions
4 Beaver Creek Trailhead restrooms directions
5 Buxton Trailhead restrooms directions
6 Buxton Trailhead restrooms directions
7 L.L. Stub Stewart State Park directions
8 Manning Trailhead restrooms directions
9 Overflow Parking restrooms · water directions
10 Tophill Trailhead restrooms directions
11 Vernonia Trailhead directions
12 Parking restrooms · water directions
13 Parking restrooms · water directions
14 Parking directions
15 Parking directions
16 Parking directions
17 Parking restrooms · water directions
18 Parking restrooms directions
19 Parking restrooms directions
20 Parking directions
21 Parking directions
22 Parking restrooms · water directions
23 Parking restrooms · water directions

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Sources

OpenStreetMap relation 1157368, OpenStreetMap contributors · Map data · ODbL · checked Oct 12, 2026
“Banks–Vernonia State Trail”, Wikipedia · Encyclopedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · checked Oct 12, 2026
Wikidata Q4856794, Wikidata · Knowledge base · CC0 · checked Oct 12, 2026
Oregon State Parks · Official site · checked Oct 12, 2026

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