page_title: Pre's Trail
section_title: Route
hierarchical_section_title: Pre's Trail / Route
caption_attribution_description: Interpretive sign and map of Pre's Trail at the Eastgate Woodlands part of Alton Baker Park in Springfield, Oregon near Aspen Street
context_page_description: Pre's Trail, located on the north side of the Willamette River in Eugene, Oregon, United States, popularly referred to as "Track Town USA", is a four-mile-long running and walking trail named after heralded University of Oregon athlete Steve Prefontaine. The woodchip-and-bark trail features riparian scenery, including grasslands, duck ponds, and woods, as well as guide signs with trail maps at each of three primary trailheads. Near downtown Eugene, in Alton Baker Park, Pre's Trail is part of an extensive network of running trails in and around the university town and neighboring Springfield.
context_section_description: Pre's Trail undulates mildly on a typically flat river isle, and features large sections entirely covered by wood chips, with some single track dirt trail, gravel sections, and a short swath of asphalt on the Big Loop.
  There are three main loops, with interlinking paths:
  Southeast (Big Loop), 1.66 miles (2.67 km)
  Center (Parcourse Loop), .65 miles
  Northwest (Bottom Loop), 1.06
caption: Interpretive sign and map of Pre's Trail in eastern part of Alton Baker Park
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