Place

Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area

Oregon–Washington, USA

Seen through Desert & Deep Time, Rivers & Canyons.

Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area
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Seen through

Each lens retells the place through its own idea.

Desert & Deep Time

Bare rock, an open book

7 sites

Drive east through the Gorge and the forest simply runs out.

Rivers & Canyons

Water winning long arguments

5 sites

The Columbia River did not wait for the mountains to move out of its way.

On the ground

Every site here, coloured by lens.

122.0°W121.5°W121.0°W45.6°N45.65°N45.7°N45.75°N45.8°N 20 km N Columbia River Horsethief Butte Stacker Butte Signal Hill McCall Point Wasco Butte Haystack Butte Gordon Butte Goat Point Evans Ridge Trail Rock Creek Trailhead Silver Star Mountain Pilot Knob

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