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The entrance to Steigerwald Lake National Wildlife Refuge.
Vault toilets in the parking area.
Sculptures offer consolation if you are there and birds are not.
Looking over the healthy habitat at Steigerwald Lake.
The wide, packed trail is accessible. No jogging or biking, however.
Steigerwald Lake National Wildlife Refuge with Mount Hood (11,250') in the distance.
The trail has several educational stops along the way.
Healthy wetlands at Steigerwald Lake National Wildlife Refuge.
Unfortunately, the silhouette in this photo is one of the refuge's scuptures.
The Steigerwald Trail intersects with the Columbia Dike Trail that leads west to Captain William Clark Park.
Purple plover habitat.