Noble Woods Park
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| Noble Woods Park | |
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| Type | Public, city |
| Location | Hillsboro, Oregon, United States |
| Coordinates | Coordinates: |
| Size | 38 acres |
| Opened | 1998 |
| Operated by | Hillsboro Parks & Recreation Department |
| Status | open |
Noble Woods Park is a wooded city park in Hillsboro, Oregon, United States. Located on approximately 40 acres along Rock Creek, the nature park with wetlands and forests is situated between West Baseline Road on the north and SW Borwick Road to the south near the Orenco neighborhood. The city acquired the land for the park in 1992 and opened the park in the eastern section of the city in 1998. Noble Woods has two entrances, a picnic area, and hiking trails.
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[edit] History
In 1991, the city of Hillsboro asked voters to approve a bond which would pay for the purchase of nearly 40 acres of woodland and wetland along Rock Creek east of the city from Charlie Noble.[1] The bond measure failed on election day, and instead local residents devised an alternative funding plan. 200 people pledged $500 down each followed by annual payments of $300 each for five years, plus $50,000 donations from the Hillsboro Rotary Club and Baker Rock Resources to be matched by the city government.[1] Noble also agreed to sell the land on a five year contract for $881,000 for use as a park, a discount from the assessed value of $1 million.[1] The city purchased the land in 1992.[2]
After acquiring the park land, the city used some funds from Metro’s open spaces bond measure to construct infrastructure at the site in 1997.[3] In 1997, the city paid to add an overlook of Rock Creek, built at a cost of $44,200.[1] The city opened the park in 1998.[4]
[edit] Amenities
Noble Woods includes wheelchair accessible trails, bridges, stepping stones, and a stone and wrought iron constructed overlook of Rock Creek, a tributary of the Tualatin River.[5] There is about 1-mile (1.6 km) of paved trails.[6] In addition to hiking trails, the park has a picnic area with restrooms and a covered activity shelter. There are two entrances, one on both the north and south side, and each has paved parking. The north entrance is off West Baseline near 231st, and the south entrance off SW Borwick Road.[6]
[edit] Natural environment
The park’s natural environment includes both forests and wetlands at this location where Rock Creek receives Beaverton Creek.[7] Wildlife at Noble Woods includes chickadees, Winter Wren, blue herons, ducks, nuthatches, Brown Creeper, Tree Swallow, hawks, Black-headed Grosbeak, and turkey vultures in the air, among others.[7][6] Terrestrial wildlife includes beavers, tree frogs, and raccoons among others.[7] Snowberry, Pacific dogwood, Douglas fir, red cedar, nightshade, alder, western hemlock, ash, and maples make up the various plant species at the park.[7][6]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d Bodine, Harry. Various new parks enhance Hillsboro’s livability. The Oregonian, May 15, 1997.
- ^ Fitzgibbon, Joe. Volunteers aim to choke off English ivy's menacing creep. The Oregonian, June 15, 2006.
- ^ Hamilton, Don. Developing open space. The Oregonian, August 5, 1996.
- ^ Fentress, Aaron. Hillsboro passes city budget of more than $138 million. The Oregonian, July 27, 1998.
- ^ Fitzgibbon, Joe. Riverkeepers make book on Tualatin. The Oregonian, June 15, 2000.
- ^ a b c d Site Guide: Noble Woods Park, Hillsboro, Washington County, Oregon, The Bird Guide. Accessed September 3, 2007.
- ^ a b c d Campbell, Polly. Hike unlocks the secrets of Noble Woods. The Oregonian, October 2, 2003.
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