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April 13, 1992 (Mount Hood National Forest [a: Wamic to Rhododendron: Beginning with its construction by Sam Barlow in 1846, this toll road provided the first overland connection for wagons between The Dalles and Oregon City over Mount Hood, and offered a majority of Oregon Trail emigrants an alternative to the hazardous raft passage down the Columbia River from The Dalles to Fort Vancouver.
At 3,415 feet (1,041 m), it provides a much lower crossing of the Cascade Range near Mount Hood than the 4,650-foot (1,420 m) Oregon Route 35 Bennett Pass on the southeast side. Access from the southwest side of the pass is paved all the way to the pass, where the road changes to gravel, heading down the northeast side of the pass.
From Troutdale, the Mount Hood Scenic Byway starts at the end of the Historic Columbia River Highway where the Troutdale Bridge crosses the Sandy River.For the first twenty miles (32 km) of the route, it follows a southwestern path along city streets: west on Glenn Otto Park Road into downtown Troutdale, connecting with Halsey Street, south along 238th Street (which veers to become 242nd ...
OR 35 / Historic Columbia River Highway State Trail east – Odell, Parkdale, Mount Hood: Hood River: 159.27– 159.53: 256.32– 256.74: I-84 west / Lewis and Clark Trail / Hood River Bridge – Portland, Bingen, White Salmon: Western end of I-84 overlap: Wasco: Mosier: 164.47: 264.69: I-84 east / Lewis and Clark Trail – The Dalles: Eastern ...
Muddy Fork begins at 5,890 feet (1,800 m) above sea level at the foot of Sandy Glacier in the Mount Hood Wilderness of the Cascade Range. Its entire course lies within the Mount Hood National Forest and Clackamas County. Falling 3,252 feet (991 m) between source and mouth, the stream's average loss of elevation is about 500 feet per mile (95 m/km).
Mount Hood, Oregon, c. 1881 –1883. Brooklyn Museum. Timberline Lodge is a National Historic Landmark located on the southern flank of Mount Hood just below Palmer Glacier, with an elevation of about 6,000 ft (1,800 m). [10] The mountain has four ski areas: Timberline, Mount Hood Meadows, Ski Bowl, and Cooper Spur.
Jonsrud Viewpoint is a viewpoint located in the city of Sandy in the U.S. state of Oregon.The viewpoint offers telescopes and expansive views of Mount Hood and the Sandy River Valley, [2] as well as the "Devil's Backbone," a ridge named by pioneers who were traveling on the Barlow Trail. [3]
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