<br />Setting and Physical Description <br />Pre's Trail, located on the north side of the Willamette River in Eugene, Oregon, United <br />States, is an approximately four and one fifth-mile-long running and walking trail. The <br />woodchip-and-bark-surfaced trail features riparian scenery, including grasslands, duck ponds, <br />and woodlands, as well as guide signs with trail maps at each of three primary trailheads. Near <br />downtown Eugene, in Alton Baker Park, Pre's Trail is part of an extensive network of running <br />trails in and around Eugene and neighboring Springfield. <br /> <br />There are three main loops, with interlinking paths: <br />Southeast (Big Loop) ~ 1.66 miles <br /> <br />Center (Parcourse Loop) ~ 65 miles <br /> <br />Northwest (Bottom Loop) ~ 1.06 miles <br /> <br />Pre's Trail lies within Alton Baker Park, a city park owned and administered by the City <br />of Eugene. The park, approximately 380 acres in area, is a tract of relatively undeveloped land. <br />The mostly flat topography displays a riparian and grass savannah landscape typical of the <br />Southern Willamette Valley. The south edge of the park is bordered by the Willamette River, and <br />its northern boundaries run along a main artery of vehicle traffic, Martin Luther King Jr. <br />Boulevard, with the Stadium located nearby. Pre's Trail is <br />accessible from parking lots adjacent to three trailhead entrances at each of the three main loops. <br />There are two footbridges, providing access from the University of Oregon campus, located just <br />across the Willamette River. From campus, the Center Loop can be accessed via the Frohnmayer <br />Footbridge (south of Autzen Stadium, half a block north of Franklin and Agate Streets), and to <br />the southeastern Big Loop via the Knickerbocker Footbridge (near Franklin and Riverview <br />Streets). <br />The trail was designed with the primary user group joggers and walkers in mind. The <br />design purposefully avoids crossing roadways and follows natural features in the landscape, in <br />turn providing a gently winding path intended to prevent monotonous long, straight stretches of <br />trail and directing the user to scenic features of the park. The path historically consisted of <br />wood products industry wastedonated by multiple wood products companies <br /> of early-stage lumber processing <br />where bark and other waste material is produced. <br />December 2018 Pres Trail-Historic Designation Page 2 <br /> <br />