TAKE A HIKE

Pine trees on top of a mountain with a waterfall flowing through it, a sun shining in the background and a scroll-text "Take a Hike."
Graphic by Eli Rankin / the Advocate

Following the Eagle Creek wildfire of September 2017, many of the major hiking and recreational sites in the Columbia River Gorge have been closed, some indefinitely. Before summer begins, we’d like to equip you with a list of those trails in Oregon and Washington that ARE open. Check the link below for updates!

Washington Hiking Areas

Augspurger Mountain

Balfour-Klickitat Loop

Cape Horn Loop (seasonal partial closure through July 15)

Dog Creek Falls 

Dog Mountain Loop

Fort Cascades Heritage Trail Loop (Couple with Strawberry Island Loop)

Gillette Lake & Greenleaf Overlook

Lyle Cherry Orchard

Sams Walker Loop

St. Cloud Loop and Day Use Area

Steigerwald National Wildlife Refuge (Gibbons Creek Trail seasonal partial closure Oct. 1)

Table Mountain

Washougal Waterfront Trail

Weldon Wagon

Whistle Punk Interpretive Trail Loop

Battle Ground Lake State Park

Beacon Rock State Park

Beacon Rock trail

Hamilton Mountain Loop 

Hardy and Rodney Falls (Pool of the Winds)

Hardy Ridge Loop

River-to-Rock

Catherine Creek Area

Catherine Creek Arch Loop

Catherine Creek Labyrinth

Catherine Creek Universal Access Loop

Crawford Oaks Loop

Dalles Mountain Ranch to Stacker Butte

Horsethief Butte

Horsethief Lake Petroglyphs (reservations: 509-439-9032)

Gifford Pinchot National Forest

Falls Creek Falls

Mount St. Helens West Side and Johnston Ridge Observatory

Mount St. Helens East Side

Lewis River Falls

Panther Creek Falls

Klickitat State Park Trail

Fisher Hill to Klickitat

Fisher Hill to Pitt

Lyle to Fisher Hill

Swale Canyon

Oregon Hiking Areas

Angel’s Rest

The snow-covered Mount Hood in the background of pine trees, a green hill, and a calm lake.
Image of Mt. Hood

Angel’s to Devils Rest 

Benson Plateau Loop

Dry Creek Falls 

Dry Creek Falls to Herman Creek 

Herman Creek to Casey Creek

Herman Creek to Mud Lake

Horsetail Falls to Ponytail Falls

Indian Point Loop

Larch Mountain Trail (from Multnomah Falls) *recently reopened

Mitchell Point

Mosier Creek Falls 

Mosier Plateau

Mosier Twin Tunnels

Multnomah Falls (to top of falls)

Nick Eaton Ridge

North Lake

Rowena Plateau

Sandy River Delta

The Dalles Waterfront Trail

Wahkeena Falls

Oregon State Parks 

Bonnie Lure State Recreation Area

Bridal Veil Falls State Park

Dabney State Recreation Area

Deschutes River State Recreation Area

Guy Talbot State Park (trailhead for Latourell Falls)

Latourell Falls

Lewis and Clark State Recreation Site

Government Island State Recreation Area

Memaloose State Park

Milo McIver State Park

Portland Women’s Forum State Scenic Viewpoint

Rooster Rock State Park

Rooster Rock Loop

Tooth Rock

Starvation Creek State Park 

Hole-in-the-Wall Falls

Lancaster Falls

Mount Defiance 

Starvation Creek Falls

Starvation Creek to Warren Lake

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