The Columbia River - Barlow Road, Oregon

Lewis & Clark's Columbia River - "200 Years Later"
"Follow the Barlow Road"

Includes ... Barlow Road ... Barlow Trail ... "Mount Hood Road" ... Mount Hood ... The Dalles, Oregon ... Sandy, Oregon ... Oregon City ... Oregon Trail ... National Register of Historic Places ...

Image, 2013, Sign, Barlow Road, click to enlarge

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Barlow Road sign, Foster Farm, Eagle Creek, Oregon. Image taken May 4, 2013.

Barlow Road ...

The Barlow Road was a part of the Oregon Trail. The road was authorized by the Oregon Legislature in 1845, and by September 1846, it made its way around the south side of Mount Hood. This 80-to-110-mile road provided an alternative to the dangerous and expensive route that used rafts to transport wagons down the Columbia River. The Barlow Road began at The Dalles, headed south through Dufur and Tygh Valley (which some folks consider the start of the Barlow Road), then turned west at Gate Creek and generally followed the White River before it headed north through Barlow Pass and Government Camp. It then passed through "Tollgate #5" near today's Rhododendron and continued to the community of Sandy, where it turned west and ended up at Oregon City.
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Follow the Barlow Road ... (east to west)

The Dalles to Wamic
- Overview ...
- The Dalles, Oregon ...
- Threemile Creek, Fivemile Creek, and Eightmile Creek Crossings ...
- Interstate 197 ...
- Dufur and Fifteenmile Creek Crossing ...
- From Dufur ... Friend, Kingsley, Oak Creek, and Butler Canyon ...
- Tygh Valley and Tygh Creek Crossing ...
- Barlow Road Cutoff: John Day to Tygh Valley ALTERNATIVE ...
- Wamic and Threemile Creek Crossing ...
Following the White River
- White River ...
- Wamic to USFS Road #3530 ...
- USFS Road #48 ALTERNATIVE to USFS Road #3530 ...
- "Overland" ...
- Rock Creek ...
- Rock Creek Crossing ...
- Rock Creek Reservoir: USFS Road #48 ALTERNATIVE ...
- USFS Road #3530 ...
- Gate Creek ...
- Gate Creek Crossing ... First Tollgate (1846 to 1852)
- Gate Creek Crossing: USFS Road #48 ALTERNATIVE ...
- Following USFS Road #3530 ...
- Immigrant Spring ...
- Boulder Ditch and Boulder Creek Crossing ...
- Deep Creek Crossing ...
- White River Crossing ...
- White River Station Campground ...
Following Barlow Creek
- Barlow Creek ...
- Barlow Creek Crossing ...
- Barlow Crossing Campground and Barlow Creek Campground ...
- Barlow Crossing Campground: USFS Road #48 ALTERNATIVE ...
- Klinger's Camp ...
- Grindstone Campground ...
- Following USFS Road #3530 ...
- Fort Deposit ...
- Devil's Half Acre Campground ...
Side Trip to Mount Hood
- Mount Hood ...
- From Joel Palmer's Journal ...
Barlow Pass to Oregon Highway 35
- Overview ...
- Devil's Half Acre Campground to Barlow Pass ...
- Barlow Pass ...
- Grave Trail ...
- Pioneer Woman's Grave ...
- Crossing the East Fork Salmon River ...
- East Fork Salmon River ... "Rock Wall"
- East Fork Salmon River ... "Marking the Trail"
- Oregon Highway 35 and Highway 26 Junction ...
Summit Meadows to Still Creek Campground
- Overview ...
- Trillium Lake ...
- Summit Meadows ...
- Summit Meadows ... Summit House
- Summit Meadows ... Perry Vickers House ... Third Tollgate (1866 to 1871)
- Summit Meadows ... Pioneer Cemetery
- Summit Meadows ... "Graffiti Rocks"
- Still Creek and East Perry Vickers Road ...
- Still Creek Campground ...
- Still Creek Campground ... Swim
Government Camp to Laurel Hill
- Overview ...
- Summit Ranger Station ...
- Government Camp ...
- Ski Bowl West ...
- Pioneer Bridal Trail ... Government Camp to Laurel Hill
Descending Laurel Hill
- Overview ...
- Laurel Hill ...
- Laurel Hill ... Historical Marker
- Laurel Hill ... 5 Chutes
- Laurel Hill ... Chute #1
- Laurel Hill ... Chute #2
- Laurel Hill ... Chute #3
- Laurel Hill ... Chute #4
- Laurel Hill ... Chute #5
Laurel Hill Tollgate to the Rhododendron Tollgate Replica
- Overview ...
- Laurel Hill ... "Meeting Rocks" ... Fourth Tollgate (1871 to 1883)
- Pioneer Bridle Trail ... Laurel Hill to Rhododendron
- Rhododendron ... "Tollgate Replica" ... Fifth Tollgate (1883 to 1918)
- Rhododendron ... Tollgate Replica Maples
- Rhododendron ... Tollgate Campground
Rhododendron to Brightwood ... the Road Divides
- North Route and South Route ...
- Rhododendron to Brightwood ... North Route
  - Following the Zigzag River ...
  - Joel Palmer's Journal ...
  - East Arlie Mitchell Road ...
  - Henry Creek Crossing ...
  - Zigzag River Road ...
  - East Mountain Drive and East Lolo Pass Road ...
  - Sandy River ... "Upper Crossing"
  - Following the Sandy River ...
  - East Barlow Trail Road ...
- Rhododendron to Brightwood ... South Alternative of the Barlow Road
  - "South Alternative of the Barlow Road" ...
  - Zigzag Ranger Station ...
  - Wildwood Recreation Site ...
  - Brightwood ...
  - Crossing the Sandy River ...
  - North and South routes rejoin ...
Following the Sandy River ... Brightwood to Sandy
- Overview ...
- Following the Sandy River ...
- SE Marmot Road and SE Ten Eyck Road ...
- SE Marmot Road ... Rock Corral
- SE Marmot Road ... Marmot
- Devil's Backbone ...
- View the Devil's Backbone ... Jonsrud Viewpoint
- Sandy River ... "Lower Crossing" ... "Revenue Bridge"
- Sandy River ... Second Tollgate (1853 to 1865)
Sandy to Oregon City
- Overview ...
- Sandy, Oregon ...
- Sandy, Oregon ... City Hall ... Highway 26 crossing Barlow Road
- Highway 211 and the crossing of Deep Creek ...
- Philip Foster Farm ...
- Prairie Schooner ...
- Crossing Eagle Creek ...
- Crossing the Clackamas River ...
- Feldheimer Ford and Feldheimer Ferry ...
- Carver Crossing ...
- Baker's Ferry, Baker Bridge, and the Carver Bridge ...
- Baker's Cabin Historical Site ...
- Baker's Quarry ...
- Pioneer Church ...
- Barton Crossing and LaTourette Ferry ...
- Barton Bridge ...
- On to Oregon City ...
- Holcomb Hill ...
- Oregon City, Oregon ...

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.

Lat/Long were obtained from plotting location on National Geographic's TOPO! program, 3.4.3, 2003.

Sources: [See Barlow Road 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.