Links!  

Clouds break against Mount Jefferson at sunset.

Nothing we do exists in a vacuum. Like everyone else, I am very thankful for a wide variety of resources to help me plan my adventures, and to help me write my guidebooks. If you’ve spent time reading my books or following my adventures here, please check out the following sites to help you continue the adventure. Everything here is better than anything you’ll find on AllTrails, and every one of these resources is maintained by great humans. Thanks!

Matt Reeder

Tunnel Falls on the Eagle Creek Trail in the Columbia River Gorge.

  • Hike Oregon: Helping you become a more confident hiker and backpacker.

  • Washington Trails Association: Everything you need to know about hiking in Washington.

  • Trail Advocates: Everything you ever wanted to know about hiking in the Clackamas Ranger District.

  • CalTopo: A free mapping service online, you can create maps with all sorts of layers. A paid subscription helps you save maps and use even more layers. Highly recommended!

  • Northwest Waterfall Survey: Here you’ll find every known waterfall in the Pacific Northwest, catalogued with thousands of beautiful photos and descriptions on where to locate these falls.

  • Oregon Wildflowers: Do you ever wonder where and when you can find wildflowers in Oregon? This is the place to go.

  • Off the Beaten Travel: Your Hub for Hidden Travel Gems. If you’re looking to avoid the usual crowds and the same old travel destinations around the world, this is for you. This website rules!

  • Mazamas: Oregon’s oldest and most venerable hiking and climbing club, the Mazamas specialize in getting people outside safely. If you’ve ever wanted to learn to climb, canyoneer, or just meet people and hike, the Mazamas is the place. I’ve been a member and hike leader for the Mazamas since 2009 and I am immensely proud to be a Mazama.

  • Trailkeepers of Oregon: If you’ve ever wanted to help build and maintain trails in Oregon, TKO is your place. Get involved and help maintain our trails!

  • Siskiyou Mountain Club: The SMC helps maintain trails in southern Oregon and far northern California. This is spectacular country and the SMC helps keep some of the wildest, most obscure trails in Oregon open for everyone to use.

  • Opal Creek Ancient Forest Center: Opal Creek was my favorite place on earth before the 2020 Beachie Creek Fire burned through the area and burned down the cabins and trees there. The organization remains, and helps guide backpacking and outdoor school trips in addition to continuing stewardship in the Little North Fork canyon. This is an organization worth supporting.

  • Wild Solitude Guiding: Teaching people how to reconnect with nature. Not just a guiding service, Wild Solitude Guiding teaches you everything you could ever want to know about reconnecting with nature in the Pacific Northwest. Highly, highly recommended!

  • Hike 366: A Woman's Tales of Hiking Adventures All Year Round. This is my friend Jess, an all-around badass and one of the fiercest humans I know. Learn more from her about how to hike all year long, how to find hidden locations, and how to avoid crowds. Her book is excellent!

  • The Quartux Journal: Research on Oregon tribal history from a native perspective. This is essential reading for anyone interested in the original inhabitants of this land we love.

  • The Native Lands Project: Here you can learn about the land on which you recreate, and whose land it was before Europeans arrived in the Americas and Australia. Peruse the map and learn about the tribes who have inhabited this land for thousands of years.

A flight of beers is always a beautiful sight.