Wahkeena Footbridge

38. WAHKEENA FALLS FOOTBRIDGE, WALKWAY AND WALLS LOOKING 326 DEGREES NORTHWEST. - Historic Columbia River Highway, Troutdale, Multnomah County, ORDigital ID: (None) hhh or0386.photos.354689p http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.or0386/photos.354689pReproduction Number: HAER ORE,26-TROUT.V,1--38Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.printhttps://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/or0386.photos.354689p/resource/

OregonHikers.org: Wahkeena Falls Trail

Wahkeena Falls has a beauty all its own. It's not a huge single fall like Multnomah or Latourell, and there's no lodge or fancy freeway exit to draw people. Wahkeena Creek twists this way and that through a narrow defile, the volume of water belying the fact that the creek is less than a mile long!

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Walk up to the viewing plaza just above the parking area on the highway. You can appreciate the tiers of Wahkeena Falls from here, but in spring and summer, the view is partially obscured by mossy big-leaf maples. Head to your right, and cross a footbridge over Wahkeena Creek. Then make a traverse on a paved trail into Douglas-fir/hemlock woods before making a switchback up. The trail traverses to cross the stone bridge, another Simon Benson contribution to the Gorge, in front of Wahkeena Falls. A bench makes a good resting spot, but when the wind is blowing you can get doused with heavy spray!


OregonHikers.org: Wahkeena Falls Trail
36. WAHKEENA FALLS FOOTBRIDGE, LOOKING, 155 DEGREES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST. - Historic Columbia River Highway, Troutdale, Multnomah County, ORDigital ID: (None) hhh or0386.photos.354687p http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.or0386/photos.354687pReproduction Number: HAER ORE,26-TROUT.V,1--36Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.printhttps://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/or0386.photos.354687p/resource/
37. WAHKEENA FALLS FOOTBRIDGE, WALKWAY AND WALLS LOOKING 182 DEGREES SOUTH. SAME PHOTO AS HAER No. OR-36-F-1. - Historic Columbia River Highway, Troutdale, Multnomah County, ORDigital ID: (None) hhh or0386.photos.354688p http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.or0386/photos.354688pReproduction Number: HAER ORE,26-TROUT.V,1--37Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.printhttps://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/or0386.photos.354688p/resource/

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