THE MAGNIFICENT COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE
If you were to poll our guests at The Fulton House about their favorite day trip, almost all would pick the Columbia River Gorge. We are ideally located for a visit to this spectacular natural phenomenom. Here's how easy it is to get there.
Leave The Fulton House and get on I-84 East, about 4-minutes away. Drive less than 20 miles and cross the Sandy River, a world class steelhead and salmon fishing stream, and enter the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area. Take the exit that says "Old Columbia River Highway" and proceed to your first stop, Crown Point, an old fort which guarded the river for John Jacob Astor and his burgeoning beaver pelt trade from interlopers in early America, well before Oregon became a state. Today, the original fort has been remodeled into an interesting museum, which explains the history of the area and exhibits numerous artifacts from almost 200 years ago. Since it's high on the cliffs, there's a magnificent view.
Continue on the historic Old Highway and get to the first of well more than a dozen major waterfalls, this one called Wahkeena Falls. Get out of your car and marvel at the scenery or, as Wendy and I did this afternoon, take a short hike on the trail up to Fairy Falls, about 1 mile above Wahkeena Falls.
Continue on the Old Highway and your next stop is Multnomah Falls, the highest in Oregon, with water dropping from a 620-foot cliff, offering a spectacular sight. On a warm summer day, it's great fun to just stand in the mist and cool down.
Next, on to Oneonta Falls, Triple Falls, Upper and Lower Horsetail Falls, Elawah Falls, Metlako Falls and many more unnamed falls. Most of these can be viewed just by stepping out of your vehicle, but some require a short hike.
There are many hikes available to the adventurous. Since you are in a gorge, the hikes tend to be straight up. This makes for a vigorous first half of your hike but an easy second half, when you're going down.
All this natural beauty is so close to Portland that you can leave The Fulton House about 11:00 a.m., visit and photograph the waterfalls, take a hike, and be back in time to shower and go out for a nice dinner.
Only in Portland.....!
Leave The Fulton House and get on I-84 East, about 4-minutes away. Drive less than 20 miles and cross the Sandy River, a world class steelhead and salmon fishing stream, and enter the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area. Take the exit that says "Old Columbia River Highway" and proceed to your first stop, Crown Point, an old fort which guarded the river for John Jacob Astor and his burgeoning beaver pelt trade from interlopers in early America, well before Oregon became a state. Today, the original fort has been remodeled into an interesting museum, which explains the history of the area and exhibits numerous artifacts from almost 200 years ago. Since it's high on the cliffs, there's a magnificent view.
Continue on the historic Old Highway and get to the first of well more than a dozen major waterfalls, this one called Wahkeena Falls. Get out of your car and marvel at the scenery or, as Wendy and I did this afternoon, take a short hike on the trail up to Fairy Falls, about 1 mile above Wahkeena Falls.
Continue on the Old Highway and your next stop is Multnomah Falls, the highest in Oregon, with water dropping from a 620-foot cliff, offering a spectacular sight. On a warm summer day, it's great fun to just stand in the mist and cool down.
Next, on to Oneonta Falls, Triple Falls, Upper and Lower Horsetail Falls, Elawah Falls, Metlako Falls and many more unnamed falls. Most of these can be viewed just by stepping out of your vehicle, but some require a short hike.
There are many hikes available to the adventurous. Since you are in a gorge, the hikes tend to be straight up. This makes for a vigorous first half of your hike but an easy second half, when you're going down.
All this natural beauty is so close to Portland that you can leave The Fulton House about 11:00 a.m., visit and photograph the waterfalls, take a hike, and be back in time to shower and go out for a nice dinner.
Only in Portland.....!
posted by The Fulton House Bed and Breakfast @ 6:21 PM
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