Waterfall Lover's Guide Pacific Northwest by Gregory Plumb

Waterfall Lover's Guide Pacific Northwest by Gregory Plumb

Author:Gregory Plumb
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781594857546
Publisher: Mountaineers Books
Published: 2013-04-05T04:00:00+00:00


4 YEON STATE PARK

John B. Yeon State Park is a day-use area located next to the east end of the

Historic Columbia River Highway, just before the juction with Interstate 84 at Exit 37.

ELOWAH FALLS

MAGNITUDE: 83

APPROACH: Trail (fairly easy)

ELEVATION: 400 feet

LAT/LONG: 45.611794º N / 121.994606º W

WATERSHED: Small

USGS MAP: Tanner Butte (1994)

McCord Creek plummets 289 feet within John B. Yeon State Park. A committee of the Mazamas, an outdoor recreation association, named the falls in 1915. Begin on Gorge Trail 400, turning left at the first trail junction. A second junction occurs 0.2 mile from the parking area. For an aerial view of the falls, turn right on Elowah Falls Trail and take this moderately steep route 0.6 mile. To reach the base of the falls, stay on Trail 400 for 0.4 mile.

UPPER MCCORD CREEK FALLS

MAGNITUDE: 39 (l)

APPROACH: Trail (fairly hard)

ELEVATION: 480 feet

LAT/LONG: 45.611269º N / 121.994284º W

WATERSHED: Small

USGS MAP: Tanner Butte (1994 nl)

McCord Creek tumbles 100 to 125 feet. Continue 0.2 mile past the upper viewpoint of Elowah Falls (described earlier) to the end of Elowah Falls Trail.



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