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In 2014, hikers found a booby trap meant to fire a shotgun shell across a path leading to the park. Portland police removed the device. [42] In 2004, authorities found a 53-year-old man and his 12-year-old daughter living in the park in a tarp-covered structure stocked with encyclopedias for homeschooling.
Wahkeena Falls is a 242-foot (74 m) waterfall in the Columbia River Gorge in the state of Oregon. [1]The waterfall is unlike nearby Multnomah Falls in that the water does not directly plunge to the ground.
The city of Portland, Oregon, has more than 10,000 acres (4,000 ha) of public parks and other natural areas, [1] Portland is home to one of the largest municipal parks in the United States, Forest Park, as well as the world's smallest park—at 61 centimetres (24 in) in diameter—Mill Ends Park.
Powell Butte is located in Multnomah County in the U.S. state of Oregon. [2] According to the U.S. National Geodetic Survey, the butte reaches an elevation of 614 feet (187 m), [1] while the Geographic Names Information System lists the mountain's elevation at 627 feet (191 m). [2]
A hiker atop Larch Mountain, the highest elevation in the field. The Boring Lava deposits received their name based on their proximity to the town of Boring, [5] [6] which lies 12 miles (20 km) southeast of downtown Portland. [3]
Twister Falls (also known as Crossover Falls, Crisscross Falls, Bowtie Falls, and Eagle Creek Falls [1]) is a prominent waterfall that is formed as Eagle Creek cascades 140 feet (43 m) into a narrow canyon and forms two streams that appear to "twist" around each other, hence the name "twister".
The Mark O. Hatfield Memorial Trail is a proposed long-distance trail through the Columbia River Gorge in Multnomah County and Hood River County, Oregon.The trail will be approximately 60 miles (97 kilometres), although the trail is still unofficial and its exact course is yet to be determined.
The Tualatin Mountains (also known as the West Hills or Southwest Hills of Portland) are a range on the western border of Multnomah County, Oregon, United States. [1] A spur of the Northern Oregon Coast Range, they separate the Tualatin Basin of Washington County, Oregon, from the Portland Basin of western Multnomah County and Clark County, Washington.