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
From Mount Hood and Columbia Gorge, Oregon, Byway's registries place 5 scenic byways, 3 public land units and 67 campgrounds within 30 miles.
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.
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
- JCT CROSSING OF GIBBONS CREEK VIC WASHOUGAL TO JCT PLYMOUTH INDUSTRIAL RD · 14 mi
- JCT SR 14 VIC BINGEN TO SKAMANIA COUNTY LINE · 17 mi
- JCT SR 14 VIC LYLE TO JCT SR 97 VIC GOLDENDALE · 17 mi
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
- Mill Creek Ridge · 3 mi
- Shellrock Mountain · 3 mi
- Mill Creek Buttes · 4 mi
- Joes Point · 4 mi
- Fivemile Butte · 4 mi
- Fir Mountain · 5 mi
- Perry Point · 5 mi
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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