Loop 1 · 8 h window · 221 mi
7 h 42 loop · 1 stop · back by 4:42 PM. Incorporates Historic Columbia River.
- Trail Of Two Forests Interpretive Site · 10 min
Touches Historic Columbia River, Mount Hood, Jct Sr 500 Vic Vancouver To Jct Sr 5 Vic Woodland
Destinations · Oregon
Mount Hood and Columbia Gorge
OR · 45.4730, -121.4610
Mount Hood and Historic Columbia River are signed byways within 30 miles of Mount Hood and Columbia Gorge, Oregon.
Understand
Along the route Lewis and Clark pioneered on their trailblazing journey in 1805, the Columbia Gorge cuts through the Cascade mountain range which is made largely of volcanic (basalt) rock, leading to a number of spectacular cliffs. The bountiful presence of water on the west side of the Cascades leads to a number of very tall waterfalls which intersect the river. The key characteristic of the Gorge's climate is Wind. Wind speeds are often upwards of 30mph. This is because the gorge is a wind tunnel from the warm/dry east end to the cooler/damp west end.
Day-trip loops
Planned by the Byway engine on real roads: every stop traces to an OpenStreetMap feature, and the total time counts driving and the stops themselves.
How long is a scenic day-trip loop from Mount Hood and Columbia Gorge?
Byway's engine bakes one loop from Mount Hood and Columbia Gorge: 8 h, 221 miles, 1 stop. The time counts the driving and the stops themselves.
Within reach
Measured from Byway's own registries, 30 miles around town.
Scenic byways
- Mount Hood · 5 mi · national
- Historic Columbia River · 14 mi · national
Public land
- Mt. Hood National Forest · inside
- Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area · 10 mi
- Gifford Pinchot National Forest · 21 mi
Campgrounds
- Gibson Prairie Horse Camp · 3 mi
- Knebal Springs Campground/Day Use · 3 mi
- Fivemile Butte Lookout · 4 mi
- Lower Eightmile Crossing Campground/Day Use · 4 mi
- Eightmile Campground/Day Use · 5 mi
- Pebble Ford Campground/Day Use · 5 mi
- Underhill Campground · 6 mi
- Polallie Campground · 7 mi
Lookouts
- Sahalie Falls Viewpoint · 14 mi
- Panorama Point Vista House · 15 mi
- Kodak Point · 15 mi
- Memaloose Overlook · 16 mi
Named places
- Mill Creek Buttes · 3 mi
- Knebal Spring · 3 mi
- Mill Creek Ridge · 3 mi
- Gibson Prairie Spring · 3 mi
- Shellrock Spring · 3 mi
- Rim Rock · 3 mi
- Shellrock Mountain · 3 mi
- Mill Creek Buttes · 4 mi
A day out of Mount Hood and Columbia Gorge, planned on real roads
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More day-trip bases nearby
- Mount Hood · 7 mi
- Dufur · 16 mi
- Hood River · 16 mi
- The Dalles · 16 mi
- Government Camp · 18 mi
- Cascade Locks · 24 mi