Slate Rock Lookout Site - 8/20/17 - Oregon Hikers
Aug 23, 2017 · Greg and I spent the weekend in Detroit waiting for Monday's eclipse. It was too smoky to hike on Sunday, so we crossed the Detroit Dam and geocached our way up Kinney Creek Road. The final cache of the day was at a feature called Slate Rock, and hey, it happens to be a former lookout site!
Pilot Rock Hike - Hiking in Portland, Oregon and Washington
Pilot Rock's name comes from the fact that this prominent landmark once guided gold miners, trappers, and pioneers toward a pass in the Siskiyou Mountains. Oregon's last known grizzly bear was shot near Pilot Rock in 1891.
Pilot Rock - Hiking in Portland, Oregon and Washington
Jul 14, 2023 · Pilot Rock Hike (TH | <— —> | LOG) Weather forecast: NWS/NOAA; Maps: Oregon Hikers Maps Google Maps; Latitude, Longitude: 42.03060, -122.56098 Elevation: 5910 feet Description . Pilot Rock is an ancient volcanic plug formed about 25 1/2 million years ago, and thus one of the oldest prominences in the Cascade Mountains.
Tillamook Rock Light - Hiking in Portland, Oregon and Washington
The rock feels the full force of ocean gales and the lighthouse took 1 1/2 years to construct, with the workers often enduring miserable conditions. The lighthouse began operating in January, 1881, and was eventually decommissioned in 1957, a team of four keepers maintaining 24-hour operations until then.
The Blowout Suspension Bridge and the Volcano Trail
Jul 16, 2016 · The Volcano Trail is an arterial trail that served as an integral part of the Forest Service communication and administrative network. It connected the basin of the North Santiam River with the Box Canyon Shelter, the Volcano/Kinney Creek Shelter, and the Slate Rock Lookout on the divide between the North and Middle Santiam Rivers.
Willamette Stone - Hiking in Portland, Oregon and Washington
The Willamette Baseline and Willamette Meridian marker, Willamette Stone State Heritage Site (bobcat)
Samuel Boardman: Lone Ranch Beach to House Rock Hike
Nov 6, 2023 · Point St. George in California is on the southern horizon. Cape Ferrelo can be windy, so hold on to your hat! Hike up through the irises to a crest. Tall House Rock and Barnacle Rock are the stacks farther offshore. Get a view of a rocky cove below and, past a promontory, House Rock Beach and the 500-foot forested cape of House Rock Point.
Fogarty Creek-Fishing Rock Loop Hike - Oregon Hikers
Aug 30, 2024 · Make a right, and follow this trail back to the Fishing Rock Trailhead. Walk down Fishing Rock Street for one block, and make a right onto Chinook Avenue. Hike out to Highway 101, and cross it to reach the North Fogarty entrance to the Fogarty Creek State Recreation Area. Walk down this entrance road for about 350 yards to reach the parking ...
Donaca Lake via Chimney Peak Trail Hike - Oregon Hikers
Nov 11, 2024 · Stay left at the junction, and make a traverse among more huge trees in a vanilla leaf, Oregon grape, bunchberry, lousewort carpet. Cross a mossy perennial stream. Later, a mossy spring issues between two massive Douglas-firs. Walk below a rock face, and then traverse a more open slope.
Sisters Rocks Hike - Hiking in Portland, Oregon and Washington
Nov 6, 2023 · Before the place was named Frankport, the sheltered cove had been a landing spot for eager prospectors in the 1850s and 1860s seeking their fortunes in gold from southern Oregon’s rivers. From the 1950s to the 1980s, the area was the site of a rock quarry. Just south of the trailhead is a meadow which is the site of the Frankport Hotel.