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Mount Hood National Forest, Oregon
The Mt. Hood National Forest encompasses 1.1 million acres, about one-third of it designated wilderness. The Forest offers year-round recreation opportunities and its watersheds provide drinking water to 1 million people in the greater Portland area, which is about 60 miles to the east.
Information:
Mount Hood National Forest:
Forest Specification
Date Established:
01 July 1908
website:
https://www.fs.usda.gov/mthood/
Forest Area Coverage:
The NF extends south from the Columbia River Gorge for some 60 miles, (100 km) over forested mountains, lakes and other waterways to the Olalie Scenic Area.
Total Area:
1,071,466 million acres, (1674 sq mi or 4336 sq km)
Oregon Area:
1.1 million acres
Old Growth Area: (estimate)
345,300 acres, (539.5 sq mi or 1397.4 sq km)
Forest Drainage:
Primary:
North: Columbia River
Oregon Secondary:
West: Willamette River
Oregon Secondary:
Southwest: Santiam River
Forest Elevations:
Elevations within the Mount Hood National Forest areas range from a low
of about 100 feet along the Columbia River to the summit of Mount Hood.
Highest Elevation:
11,249 feet,Atop Mount Hood
Coordinates:
45.370556, -121.703889
Forest Type:
Mount Hood National Forest
Location:
About 62 miles (100 km) Olallie Scenic Area near Mount Jefferson.
Oregon Counties: Clackamas, Hood River, Wasco, Multnomah, Marion and Jefferson.
Headquarters Location:
Sandy, Oregon
971.333.4100, 503.668.1700
Address:
16400 Champion Way, Sandy, OR 97055
Geographical Region:
Pacific Coast
History:
Bull Run Forest Reserve:
Established: 1892
In 1892, what is currently most of Mount Hood NF was previously established as the Bull Run Forest Reserve and then expanded in 1893.
Oregon National Forest:
Established 01 July 1908
Then, on 01 July 1908, the Bull Run Forest Reserve was merged with the then Cascade National Forest and then named the Oregon National Forest which contained over 1.7 million acres, an area extending from the Columbia River to the South Fork of the Santiam River.
The Oregon National Forest remained unchanged until 1911 when the Santiam National Forest was created from the Oregon National Forest areas south of the Santiam and Clackamas Rivers.
Mount Hood National Forest:
Established: 1924
Then on 21 January 1924 the name of the Oregon National Forest was changed to Mount Hood National Forest.
In 1940 it was under consideration to become Mount Hood National Park, but this proposal did not materialize. A modern campaign opposed to logging in the national forest revived the push for national park status along with the
Columbia River Gorge.
Mount Hood National Recreation Area:
Established: 30 March 2009
Finally, on 30 March 2009, the Mount Hood National Forest was given the added designation of National Recreation Area.
Description:
Biome:
Forest Amenities
Boating:
Camping:
43 campgrounds
Fishing:
Hiking Trails:
Mirror Lake Trail
Coordinates, if provide are at trailhead.
Paradise Park Trail
Salmon River West Trail
Top Spur Trail
Unbrella/Sahhalie Falls Trail
Wilderness Area:
one-third of the total NF area is designated as wilderness area
Bull of the Woods Wilderness Area
Clackamas Wilderness Area
Dager Creek Wilderness Area
Lower White River Wilderness Area
Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness Area
Mount Hood Wilderness Area
Roaring River Wilderness Area
Salmon-Huckleberry Wilderness Area
The Ancients
First Migration
(The Algonquian Cultures)
For an unknown time, the land now associated with the Mount Hood National Forests have provided the homelands and/or travel conduits for Indigenous peoples including the Cascade Chinook, the Clackamas Chinook and the
Wishram (Wasco), all three of which are of the
Chinookan language tribes, as well as the Molalla and the Warm Springs peoples, which are of the
Sahaptin language tribes.
Throughout those many years, the above mentioned indigenous groups and their ancestors lived, fished, hunted, gathered, and maintained extensive trade networks throughout the Forest.
The land provided and continues to provide Tribal communities to this day with water, fish, wildlife, traditional medicines, basketry materials, berries, and roots, as well as cultural and spiritual practice areas.
Warm Springs Reservation
Warm Springs Reservation consists of over 1000 square mile in north-central Oregon, in the United States, and is governed by the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs. Three tribes form the confederation: the Wasco, Tenino (Warm Springs) and Paiute, which, since 1938 they have been unified as the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs.
1. The Sahaptin-speaking Tenino people are diviced into four subtribes: Upper Deschutes (the Tygh); Lower Deschutes (the Wyam); the Dalles Tenino, and the Dock-Spus (John Day);
2. Two bands: a. (The Dalles Tenino); and the Dog River of Wasco Indians, all of which speak a dialect of Upper Chinook;
3. The Northern Paiutes who speak an offshoot of the Uto-Aztecan language and are related to Shoshonean.
There are also about 100 Assiniboine people, also know as the Hohe or Nakota.
The Earth
Canyons, Gorges and Valleys:
Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area
Volcanoes and Lava Fields:
Mount Hood, a stratovolcano in the Cascade Mountains
Lost Lake (45.489840, -121.822578)
The Modern Man
The Steps
Steps Afoot
Steps Afield
Historic Columbia River Highyway
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