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Discover how trails in Oregon can help ease anxiety, lift your mood, and support your wellbeing. This unique trail guide offers a list of 70 hikes throughout the state that can help to support your internal landscape, grounded in environmental psychology and ecopsychology concepts.
Each hike listed includes:
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Trail Name & Region – So you know where you're headed and what part of Oregon you're exploring.
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Psychological Need – The emotional or mental states that each trail helps to soothe, support, or shift (e.g., anxiety, grief, self-doubt, burnout).
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Healing Intention – A reflection or mindset you can carry with you on the trail to anchor your experience and deepen your connection with the natural world.
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Psychological Impact of the Place – How the unique landscape- forest, coast, desert, or alpine naturally supports the nervous system, emotional processing, and provides external scaffolding for inner experience.
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Best Season to Go – To help you time your visit for optimal weather, trail conditions, and landscape beauty.
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Difficulty rating, mileage, and elevation gain so that you can know what to expect and match these factors to your energy levels.
