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Duportail Trail
Duportail Trail
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Description
The Duportail Trail connects the Chamna Natural Preserve with W.E. Johnson Park. It follows the Yakima River and offers many view
points of the riparian area. White Tailed deer, Black Tailed jackrabbits and coyotes use this trail as a corridor for river-side
travel. You will see Red Tailed hawks, Great Horned Owls and plenty of waterfowl depending on the time of day you travel the trail.
This is a soft wood chipped trail that is suitable for muscle powered transport. Portions of the down river connection are a bit
soft for mountain bikes but you can ride off trail on the river side. It is approximately 2 ¼ miles from Chamna to W.E.
Johnson Park. Johnson Park is a city of Richland open space preserve with adequate muscle powered trails that connect to the north
gate ¼ of a mile from Van Giesen way. You can connect with the Duportail Trail a mid-point near the terminus of Duportial
road. Combining W.E. Johnson Park with the Duportial Trail and the Chamna Natural Preserve can total 5-10 miles of exercise. If you
choose to take the Chamna loops you can add up to 5 more miles to your hike. TGA has now teamed with WDFW to add another small craft
boat launch at this site. This is another stop/start on the lower Yakima River Trail.
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Boat Launch
The Duportail boat launch is now open as of December, 2007. It has been a long time coming with most of the thanks going to Paul
Hoffarth of WDFW for his relentless paper chase to get this project done. You will need a WDFW access pass to use the launch. Please
observe the operating hours and report any violators to RPD or State Patrol in care of WDFW. No vehicles are allowed outside of the
barriers in any part of this area. This is a wonderful addition to provide public access and compliments the Duportail Trail
connecting our co-sponsored Hyde road launch at Tapteal Bend with Duportail. Tapteal Greenway is proud to be partners with WDFW at
these two lower Yakima River launches. We hope you enjoy your safe and clean experience along this section of the Yakima River. We
will be needing volunteers to help us maintian the launch site, clean up trash and help with trail work.
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Directions
You can get to the trail either from the
Chamna Natural Preserve or the W.E. Johnson park. The directions
below are for getting to the W.E. Johnson Park:
- The park is located on Hall Road off of Van Giesen on the west side of the By-Pass Highway. You can see a map
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Duportail Trail
