Palmer Mill Road is in the background branching off of the Historic Columbia River Highway. View looking west, taken from moving car heading east.Īngel's Rest Trailhead sign, Historic Columbia River Highway. Parking is at the junction of the HCRH, East Bridal Veil Road, and the road to Palmer.Īngel's Rest and Devil's Rest Trailhead Parking, Historic Columbia River Highway. The trail to Devil's Rest branches from the Angel's Rest trail and rises another 850 feet. The hike to Angel's Rest is a moderate hike, gaining 1,450 feet of elevation, and is 4.8 miles round trip. The trailhead for Angel's Rest and Devil's Rest begins on the Historic Columbia River Highway just east of Bridal Veil. "Points of Interest, Columbia River Highway" Next is Multnomah falls, the queen of American cataracts." You now pass between Lone rock and Fort rock, where legendary giants battled in the days of long ago, and come upon Mist falls and then Wahkenna falls, located in Benson park. Next in order are Latourell bridge, to the right which are Latourell falls (193 ft.) Shepherd's dell Coopey falls, which are far up on the cliff, and Bridal Veil falls. From this point the road spirals downward in a triple figure 8, descending 600 feet and never getting off a 40-acre tract of land. The scenic effect is wonderful, and here indeed is keenly felt the magnificence and splendor of this mighty stream. One may see for thirty miles in any direction. Traveling eastward from Portland, the motorist passes thru Troutdale, across the Sandy river, catches a glimpse of Rooster rock near the Chanticleer inn, and the Crown Point chalet, overlooking Vista house, at Crown Point, where a splendid view may be had up and down the Columbia, flowing 750 feet below. Mineral Resources of Oregon, 1916, published by Oregon Bureau of Mines and Geology The upper falls, which is passed several hundred feet up on the Fort Rock trail, appear to mark the contact of the gravels and the basalt, as if, in its downcutting the harder lava had proved so much of a barrier that the stream was compelled to tumble precipitately over, instead of taking the time to deliberately saw through it a channel of more uniform grade, such as it was able to do in the less resistant gravels above." Its attractive lower falls, 117 feet in height, is to be seen a few steps from the Highway. Coopey creek comes out at the west side of Fort Rock. In the early 1900s Angels Rest was called "Fort Rock". In 1939 the City of Portland transferred all of its Columbia Gorge holdings south of the railway to the U.S. He eventually gave the land to the City of Portland, which also owned Multnomah Falls in the 1920s. Coopey, an Englishman, named the summit Eagle Eyrie. ".Devil's Rest sits on land which was once owned by Charles Coopey, for whom Coopey Creek and Coopey Falls are named. "Points of Interest, Columbia River Highway"]Īccording to the "" website (2014): You now pass between Lone rock and Fort rock, where legendary giants battled in the days of long ago. Further east is Mist Falls and Wahkeena Creek and Falls.Ĭolumbia River Gorge looking upstream, as seen from Tunnel Point.Īngel's Rest was once known as "Fort Rock". On the west of Angel's Rest is Coopey Creek and Falls and on the east is Dalton Creek and Falls. Devils Rest is a Boring Lava cone.Īngels Rest, a Columbia River Basalt flow, looms over the Columbia River while Devils Rest, a Boring Lava cone, sits atop Angels Rest. Īngels Rest (ridge left) and Devils Rest (cone on top), as seen from Tunnel Point, Oregon.Īngels Rest is Columbia River basalt and lies uphill from Dalton Point, Oregon. Lewis & Clark's Columbia River - "200 Years Later"
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