Lewis and Clark's Columbia River - Historic Columbia River Highway State Trail

Lewis & Clark's Columbia River - "200 Years Later"
"Historic Columbia River Highway State Trail, Oregon"

Includes ... Historic Columbia River Highway State Trail ... Mark O. Hatfield Trailhead ... Mosier Twin Tunnels ...

Image, 2005, Historic Columbia River Highway State Trail, click to enlarge

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Historic Columbia River Highway State Trail. View along east part of the trail, between Mosier and the Twin Tunnels. Image taken September 18, 2005.

Historic Columbia River Highway State Trail ...

With the construction of Interstate 84, the Mosier Twin Tunnels, once a part of the Historic Columbia River Highway, were closed and sealed. In July 2000, with help of Senator Mark Hatfield, the twin tunnels were re-opened for bicycle and foot traffic, and are now part of a 4.6-mile-long "Historic Columbia River Highway State Trail". The Mark O. Hatfield West Trailhead is near Hood River and the Mark O. Hatfield East Trailhead is outside of Mosier. The tunnels themselves are located on the trail closer to Mosier.

Views of the Trail ...

Click image to enlarge	Stonework and View, Historic Columbia River Highway State Trail. View along east part of the trail, between Mosier and the Twin Tunnels. Image taken September 18, 2005.
Click image to enlarge	Walking the Historic Columbia River Highway State Trail. View along east part of the trail, between Mosier and the Twin Tunnels. Image taken September 18, 2005.
Click image to enlarge	Historic Columbia River Highway State Trail. Overlook near the Mosier Twin Tunnels. Image taken September 18, 2005.
Click image to enlarge	Historic Columbia River Highway State Trail. Overlook near the Mosier Twin Tunnels. Image taken September 18, 2005.
Click image to enlarge	Historic Columbia River Highway State Trail. View along east part of the trail, between Mosier and the Twin Tunnels, heading back towards Mosier. Image taken September 18, 2005.

Views along the Trail ...

Views of Mosier, the Coyote Wall, Eighteenmile Island, Stanley Rock, and Bingen, Washington can all be had from along the eastern section of the Historic Columbia River Highway State Trail.

Click image to enlarge	Mosier, Oregon, as seen from downstream. View from the Mark O. Hatfield State Trail. Image taken September 18, 2005.
Click image to enlarge	Eighteenmile Island, Oregon. View from trail to the Mosier Twin Tunnels, Oregon. Image taken September 18, 2005.
Click image to enlarge	Coyote Wall, Bingen Gap, Washington. View from trail to the Mosier Twin Tunnels, Oregon. Image taken September 18, 2005.

From the Journals of Lewis and Clark ...

Clark, ...

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^*River Miles [RM] are approximate, in statute miles, and were determined from USGS topo maps, obtained from NOAA nautical charts, or obtained from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Website, 2003

Sources:

All Lewis and Clark quotations from Gary Moulton editions of the Lewis and Clark Journals, University of Nebraska Press, all attempts have been made to type the quotations exactly as in the Moulton editions, however typing errors introduced by this web author cannot be ruled out; location interpretation from variety of sources, including this website author.