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Talking Water Gardens Trail, Albany, OR

Talking Water Gardens Trail

About Talking Water Gardens

Designed in 2010 as a joint effort between the Cities of Albany and Millersburg and the metal manufacturer ATI, Talking Water Gardens is a unique and creative answer to waste-water treatment.

The project reclaimed a former industrial area and turned it into a wetland filled with native species of plants, animals, and birds.

A series of pools cool the water before it is released into the Willamette River.

The outcome is a green oasis, good for the environment and useful to the people that visit it.

We stopped here on our Pacific Northwest Road trip. It was the perfect place to stretch our legs, decompress from our drive through Portland and eat lunch.

Facts

Where

577 Waverly DR NE

Albany, Oregon

Hours

Open 7 days a week, sunrise to sunset.

Bridge on the trail of Talking Water Gardens, Albary, OR

Length

2 miles of trail.

Start and end point

You enter the gardens in the parking lot.

The trail is a loop.

Elevation 

Flat

Creek at Talking Water Gardens Albany, OR

 

Surface

Paved, crushed gravel.
Most of the trails are wheel-chair accessible.

Parking

Plenty of parking.

Restrooms

Porta-potties.

The trail is in Albany – near restaurants, gas stations, and the general services of a town.

Pond at Talking Water Gardens, Albany, OR

Why head to Talking Water Gardens?

Things to see (aka. photo ops)

Native plants

Wetland species, submerged and floating plants fill the ponds.

White oak, native to Oregon.

Wildlife

Birds are plentiful (over 100 species), especially in the early morning.

You might also see butterflies, turtles, reptiles and other creatures.

We saw a mink skulking around the rocks.

Water

You can see it and hear it.

Several waterfalls and cascades create water white noise – another reason to escape the world for a walk.

Bridge on the trail of Talking Water Gardens, Albary, OR

 

 

More information

Helpful links

Talking Water Gardens site 

Day Hiking Food for the Trail

Creek at Talking Water Gardens Albany, OR

 

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View of pond at Talking Water Gardens in Albany, OR
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Pond at Talking Water Gardens, Albany, OR

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