Columbia River Gorge State Parks & Trails
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63400 Vista House overlooks Columbia (Front) River Crown Point and Cover photos: -8542 (6-07) Mirror Lake Mirror Picnic area with shelter with area Picnic Picnic area Picnic www.oregonstateparks.org . impaired) hearing the for Relay (Oregon 1-800-735-2900 or Restrooms Beach access Beach website: parks state Oregon the visit or (Back) Rooster Rock and Columbia River. (Back) Rooster Rock and Columbia River. 503-986-0707 call also may You 1-800-551-6949 725 Summer St. NE, Suite C, Salem, OR 97301. OR Salem, C, Suite NE, St. Summer 725 Call the Oregon State Park Information Center: Center: Information Park State Oregon the Call request. Write to Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, Recreation and Parks Oregon to Write request. C1 B1 B2 More information? More A1 This publication is available in alternative formats upon upon formats alternative in available is publication This Dog Area Dog Disc Golf Disc Trails Off-leash Rock Boat Basin Boat Nature Rooster To Pay Station Pay visit the Oregon state park website: website: park state Oregon the visit www.oregonstateparks.org Office Phone Office Day-use Disc Golf Disc Mayer State Park. Campsites also are reservable over the internet; internet; the over reservable are also Campsites Park. State Mayer Memaloose (541-478-3008) to reserve group picnic areas at at areas picnic group reserve to (541-478-3008) Memaloose Parking Only Parking Parking Only Parking Island C2 at Benson, Dabney, Guy Talbot and Rooster Rock. Call Call Rock. Rooster and Talbot Guy Dabney, Benson, at Boat Trailer Boat Boat Trailer Boat To Sand To Beaches campsites at Memaloose State Park and group picnic areas areas picnic group and Park State Memaloose at campsites Beaches Beaches reserve to (1-800-452-5687) Northwest Reservations Call Columbia River Columbia Reservations Off-leash dog area. dog Off-leash out Oregon and at most state park offices. park state most at and Oregon out ● boat ramp that is open Sept. 30 - May 30. May - 30 Sept. open is that ramp boat - through Stores Joe’s at park, the near merchants by $25 for sold Two 9-hole disc golf courses. golf disc 9-hole Two cooking stations, disc golf course, classic swimming hole and a a and hole swimming classic course, golf disc stations, cooking ● yellow vending machine. Annual state park day-use permits are are permits day-use park state Annual machine. vending yellow Summertime escape with reservable picnic shelter and electric electric and shelter picnic reservable with escape Summertime One-mile nature trail through forest and meadow. and forest through trail nature One-mile ● a daily permit for $3 at the entrance booth or from a nearby nearby a from or booth entrance the at $3 for permit daily a Dabney State Recreation Area Recreation State Dabney , four miles east of Troutdale. Troutdale. of east miles four , daily permit for those days you are registered. You may purchase purchase may You registered. are you days those for permit daily lagoon at the base of Rooster Rock. Rooster of base the at lagoon camped here in 1805. 1805. in here camped camping in a state park, your camping receipt will serve as a a as serve will receipt camping your park, state a in camping Boat basin with a ramp for boaters and anglers on a scenic scenic a on anglers and boaters for ramp a with basin Boat ● trail and rock climbing area above. The Corps of Discovery Discovery of Corps The above. area climbing rock and trail annual pass on the driver side of your dashboard. Or, if you’re you’re if Or, dashboard. your of side driver the on pass annual utilities. All reservable through Reservations Northwest. Reservations through reservable All utilities. Portland. Features a beach area and boat ramp with a nature nature a with ramp boat and area beach a Features Portland. State Trail. You’ll need to display either a daily permit or an an or permit daily a either display to need You’ll Trail. State 2,000 picnickers). Three areas have kitchen shelters with with shelters kitchen have areas Three picnickers). 2,000 , 16 miles east of of east miles 16 , Site Recreation State Clark and Lewis Twin Tunnels section of the Historic Columbia River Highway Highway River Columbia Historic the of section Tunnels Twin Five group picnic areas (together, they accommodate up to to up accommodate they (together, areas picnic group Five ● Benson, Dabney, East Mayer, Viento and both trailheads on the the on trailheads both and Viento Mayer, East Dabney, Benson, Columbia River Highway) River Columbia propel windsurfers. Amenities include: Amenities windsurfers. propel Day-use area permits are required year-round at Rooster Rock, Rock, Rooster at year-round required are permits area Day-use Historic the and I-84 both from accessible (Parks waterfront beckon sunbathers while the famed gorge winds winds gorge famed the while sunbathers beckon waterfront River Sandy the Along Day-use fees Day-use Sandy beaches along its three-mile-long Columbia River River Columbia three-mile-long its along beaches Sandy lie in the shadows of the park’s towering namesake monolith. monolith. namesake towering park’s the of shadows the in lie . viewpoint the borders Preserve Wildflower McCall Tom The What a spot for a picnic! Inviting green lawns and shade trees trees shade and lawns green Inviting picnic! a for spot a What gorge. the of view magnificent a offers which Overlook, An upper level features the Rowena Crest Crest Rowena the features level upper An picnickers. and Rooster Rock State Park State Rock Rooster riverside day-use areas for windsurfers, swimmers, boaters boaters swimmers, windsurfers, for areas day-use riverside Offers Dalles. The of west miles 10 Park, State Mayer and a hiker-biker camp. hiker-biker a and point for windsurfers and rest stop for I-84 motorists. I-84 for stop rest and windsurfers for point choices include 44 full hookup sites, six walk-in tent sites sites tent walk-in six sites, hookup full 44 include choices Hood River. Inviting beach wayside serves as a launching launching a as serves wayside beach Inviting River. Hood nects with other popular U.S. Forest Service trails. Camping Camping trails. Service Forest U.S. popular other with nects , three miles east of of east miles three , Site Recreation State Beach Koberg Columbia River Highway. An adjacent hiking trail con trail hiking adjacent An Highway. River Columbia - , 22 miles east of Troutdale on the Historic Historic the on Troutdale of east miles 22 , Ainsworth head at Seneca Fouts, six miles west of Hood River). River). Hood of west miles six Fouts, Seneca at head & Historic Columbia River Highway State Trail State Highway River Columbia Historic & - (trail gorge of views commanding offer sites these trail, hiking up (sewer, electricity, water), and 67 tent sites. tent 67 and water), electricity, (sewer, up five to seven miles west of Hood River. Linked by Wygant Wygant by Linked River. Hood of west miles seven to five through Reservations Northwest; they include 43 full hook full 43 include they Northwest; Reservations through - , accessible to eastbound travelers only at Mitchell Point, Point, Mitchell at only travelers eastbound to accessible , areas river and the island it’s named for. Campsites are reservable reservable are Campsites for. named it’s island the and river Wygant, Vinzenz Lausmann, Seneca Fouts state natural natural state Fouts Seneca Lausmann, Vinzenz Wygant, from the westbound side of I-84, the park overlooks the the overlooks park the I-84, of side westbound the from , 11 miles west of The Dalles. Accessible only only Accessible Dalles. The of west miles 11 , Memaloose Offers hiking trail access (no water or restrooms available). restrooms or water (no access trail hiking Offers , 10 miles west of Hood River. River. Hood of west miles 10 , Park State Creek Starvation windsurfing in the gorge. gorge. the in windsurfing The park’s day-use area offers easy access to some of best best of some to access easy offers area day-use park’s The reservable for group picnics east of the freeway. the of east picnics group for reservable State Parks State Sites include 58 with electricity and water, plus 17 tent sites. sites. tent 17 plus water, and electricity with 58 include Sites fishing and rowboating, disc golf course and kitchen shelter shelter kitchen and course golf disc rowboating, and fishing area (accessible only to westbound traffic). Features: lake for for lake Features: traffic). westbound to only (accessible area on both sides of I-84 are close to several gorge trailheads. trailheads. gorge several to close are I-84 of sides both on Columbia River Gorge River Columbia Windsurfers take off from the park’s Dalton Point riverside riverside Point Dalton park’s the from off take Windsurfers 8 miles west of Hood River. Well-shaded campsites campsites Well-shaded River. Hood of west miles 8 Viento, , 30 miles east of Portland. Portland. of east miles 30 , Area Recreation State Benson (open mid-March through October): through mid-March (open Other Day-use Parks Along I-84 Along Parks Day-use Other Relax between adventures at these campgrounds these at adventures between Relax Vista House, Crown Point Crown House, Vista Welcome to the State Hiking Adventures Daytime hikes offer the best way see the Columbia River Gorge. Historic Columbia River Highway State Trail State park trails lead to cascading waterfalls, bird’s-eye view- Parks of the Columbia points and connections with a vast network of cliffside trails managed by the U.S. Forest Service (see maps inside). River Gorge Where motorists on old U.S.