Easy, free, and important ways you can help Pilot Butte

Park stewardship

Leave the park better than you found it. Here are some ideas:
  • Pick up litter
  • Tell people not to hiking off trail
  • Talk to owners of unleashed dogs
  • Kick rocks off trail for Everett
  • Tidy up a bathroom
  • Pull a few weeds (make sure you know which plants are weeds)
  • Make suggestions  to us, the park, or both. Park email is ______________

Follow on social media

Pick a page and follow it. How simple is that? Better yet, participate too.

Social media is making a huge difference at Pilot Butte. It helps us get people involved, builds relationships with businesses, and makes things happen.

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Send pictures or video

We always need images and videos, especially quality shots that you have edited or will allow us to edit. If the file is under 20 mb, just email it to:
You can send us a file or files up to 2 GB using the service below. Just jot down our email address from above.

Tell us what you do to help the Butte

Small gestures can make big things happen

What one man can do

We've mentioned elsewhere that one man picking up litter in a small bag solved a big litter problem in the park about a decade ago. Once he accomplished that, John went to work on off trail hiking and reduced it by nearly 50 percent all by himself, He was 80 when he started. He's 90 now and still doing things that help the park during his daily walks to the summit. John says, "Just look for something you can do while you're there. You're sure to find something and doing it will help."
Get creative

Look around and you'll find ways to help, maybe even one that's new. Everett Gloe was always helping the park in some way. When his health started failing, he became a master at improvisation. Just before his death, he found he could kick small rocks off the trail. Most people didn't know he was doing it until about a month after he passed. The trail was noticeably different and people were again slipping and falling on the steeper sections. Now many kick a rock off for Everett when they hike. It's become a tradition among the old-timers and those who hear the story.