Best of the Columbia River Gorge
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Crown Point and Vista House: At the Gorge’s western entrance, this viewpoint provides the classic vista of the Columbia River and its mountain canyon.
Multnomah Falls: Plunging 620 feet, the second-highest drop in the nation, this is one waterfall you can’t miss.
Elowah Falls/McCord Creek Trails: Leading to two fantastic overviews of the same beautiful waterfall, these trails comprise one of the Gorge’s lesser-known hiking routes.
Eagle Creek Trail: The one trail you must hike in the Gorge, it leads to numerous waterfalls along a steep-sided valley
Rowena Crest and Tom McCall Nature Preserve: One of the few drive-to vistas in the Gorge, this promontory is famed for its spring wildflower displays.
Columbia Gorge Discovery Center: The best museum in the Gorge, relating the complex and fascinating history of the region.
Ramona Falls Trail: An easy hike leads to a dramatic weeping-wall waterfall, one of the most beautiful near Mount Hood.
Timberline Lodge: A fantastic log lodge built by hand in the 1930s, Timberline Lodge is an icon for the Northwest.
by Judy Jewell and W. C. McRae from Moon Oregon, 8th Edition, © Elizabeth & Mark Morris and Avalon Travel
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