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Gorge
Vistas - A Visitors Guide ( pdf file 2.7mb )
The Columbia River Gorge is a spectacular river canyon cutting the only sea-level route through the Cascade Mountain Range.
It's 80 miles long and up to 4,000 feet deep with the north canyon walls in Washington State and the south canyon walls in Oregon State.
Recreation
Hiking, mountain biking, windsurfing, camping, fishing, boating, wildlife watching, birding, wildflower viewing, photography, picnicking, rock climbing. You can do all this and more in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area.
Through millenniums of geologic events, waterfalls have found their home in the
Columbia River Gorge. A visit to the area is not complete without a visit to its
breathtaking waterfalls.
Multnomah Falls is the second highest year-round waterfall in the United States. Though Multnomah Falls is grand and popular, all of the falls in the Gorge are special and breathtaking.
History
For over 31,000 years, the Columbia River Gorge has supported flourishing civilizations. Evidence of the Folsom and Marmes people, who crossed the Great Continental Divide from Asia, were found in archaeological digs. Excavations at Five Mile Rapids, a few miles east of The Dalles, show humans have occupied this ideal salmon fishing site for more than 10,000 years.
Geology
The Columbia River Plateau was created
by a series of basalt flows. The flows covered 164,000 square kilometers
-- portions of northeast Oregon, southwest Washington and western Idaho.
Sandy River Delta New Parking Lot
Opening and Confluence Project Dedication August 23, 2008
UPDATE 8/21/08
- On August 23, 2008 the new parking lot at the
Sandy River Della will be open to the public in conjunction with the dedication
of the Confluence Project's elliptical bird blind. The Confluence Dedication
Ceremony is scheduled for 4:00 pm. The Oregon National Guard 1249 Engineer Battalion
completed their work on the Sandy River Delta parking lot last week. Much work
still remains such as landscaping, installing wheel stops, etc. This work will
occur through out the coming year. Oregon Department of Transportation's reconstruction
of the deceleration lane is also completed. Landscaping of the construction
area will be completed this fall.
Coyote Wall (Syncline) and Catherine
Creek Trail Planning Project
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to more information.
Cape Horn Recreation
Management Plan
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for more infomration
Recreation Facility Analysis (RFA)
Recreation Facility
Analysis (RFA) is an analysis tool to help forests align their developed recreation
sites with the unique characteristics of the forest, projected recreation demand,
visitor expectations, and revenue. The outcome has now been documented in the
Final 5 Year Action Plan.
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to more information
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