Cathedral Tree Hike

Loop option: If you want a little variety (or you just don't wanna slide your way back down all those slippery roots), find the trail behind the Astoria Column gift shop at the top that descends the open lawn to meet up with Coxcomb Drive at the bottom. On your right will be a trail sign at the edge of the trees that leads to the back of the Clatsop Community College parking lot. The trail picks up again about 100 ft away behind the designated smoking shelter and drops you off at 17th Street and Jerome Ave. Then, you just walk downhill one block to Irving Street, hang a right, and the Cathedral Tree trail head is about 0.75 miles up the road. Nearly the same mileage, either way.