Row River National Recreation Trail is a rails to trails conversion in the U.S. state of Oregon

Oregon

Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located on the Pacific coast, with Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the east. The Columbia and Snake rivers delineate much of Oregon's northern and eastern...

. It follows the Row River

Row River

The Row River is a river, approximately long, in Lane County, Oregon, United States. It rises in the Cascade Range and flows into the Coast Fork Willamette River near Cottage Grove. The stream was originally known as the "East Fork Coast Fork", but was later renamed after a dispute between...

 for 15.6 miles (25.1 km) between Cottage Grove

Cottage Grove, Oregon

Cottage Grove is a city in Lane County, Oregon, United States. It received its name from its first postmaster, G. C. Pierce, in September 1861. Pierce's home at the time was in an oak grove. The population was 9,686 at the 2010 census.-History:...

 and Dorena Lake, and provides access to many forest trails of Umpqua National Forest

Umpqua National Forest

Umpqua National Forest, in southern Oregon's Cascade mountains, covers an area of one-million acres in Douglas, Lane, and Jackson Counties, and borders Crater Lake National Park. The four ranger districts that comprise the Forest are Cottage Grove, Diamond Lake, North Umpqua, and Tiller Ranger...

.

The rail line was built to service gold and silver mining of the Bohemia mining district well up the Row River. The mines were closing by the time the rail line was complete, but the region's old-growth timber attracted many logging operations and communities which kept the rail line busy.
The Oregon Pacific & Eastern Railway abandoned the line around 1990. A timber sale default resulted in the Bureau of Land Management

Bureau of Land Management

The Bureau of Land Management is an agency within the United States Department of the Interior which administers America's public lands, totaling approximately , or one-eighth of the landmass of the country. The BLM also manages of subsurface mineral estate underlying federal, state and private...

 taking the rail corridor in exchange for payment.

There are three historic covered bridges on the trail: the Mosby Creek Bridge

Mosby Creek Bridge

The Mosby Creek Bridge, also called the Layng Bridge, is a covered bridge that uses the Howe truss. It is located near Cottage Grove, Oregon. The bridge was constructed in 1920, making it the oldest covered bridge in Lane County, Oregon....

 of 1920, Currin Bridge

Currin Bridge

The Currin Bridge is a Howe truss covered bridge near Cottage Grove, Oregon, United States. It crosses the Row River.The Currin Bridge was built in 1925 to replace another bridge built in 1883. The lowest bid received by Lane County for construction of the bridge was $6,250, so the county decided...

 of 1925, and the Dorena Bridge

Dorena Bridge

The Dorena Bridge, located near Dorena, Oregon, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.-See also:* List of Oregon covered bridges* List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Oregon...

 of 1949.

Several movies have been filmed along the route, including 1926's The General with Buster Keaton, and 1986's Stand by Me

Stand by Me (film)

Stand by Me is a 1986 American drama film directed by Rob Reiner. Based on the novella The Body by Stephen King, the film takes its title from the Ben E. King song of the same name, which plays over the end credits.-Plot:...

with Keifer Sutherland and River Phoenix.