Key to listings along the journey roughly east-to-west: |
| Abbreviations |
NP
SP |
National Park
State Park |
SHP
SHS |
State Historical
Park
or Site |
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NM |
National
Monument |
NRA
SRA |
National or
State
Recreation Area |
|
Photo |
Point of interest
as featured in Emigrant Road |
Light Gray |
Point of interest
also featured in Emigrant Road |
Dark Gray |
Point of interest not featured
in Emigrant Road |
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| Things to see
and do along today's Oregon Trail |
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| The Gorge Route |
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Columbia
Gorge Interpretive Center, w end of The Dalles off I-84 (interpretive museum) |
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Memaloose
Rest Area, westbound I-84 milepost 73 (interpretive panels) |
|
Columbia
Gorge Interpretive Center, Stevenson, WA (interpretive exhibits) |
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Columbia
Gorge Cascade Sternwheeler, Cascade Locks (daily two-hour cruises
showing sites of Lewis & Clark, Oregon Trail) |
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Multnomah
Falls/Columbia Gorge, scenic Hwy 30 (scenic trails, falls, rest/picnic areas)
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Beacon
Rock SP, 8 mi w of Stevenson, WA (views, picnic areas, Oregon Trail pioneers
rafting downriver knew this landmark) |
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Crown
Point SP, on Hwy 30 (views of w end of Columbia Gorge, Cape Horn) |
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Fort Vancouver, I-5 n of exit 1C, Vancouver, WA (restored
buildings, living history, archeology exhibits) |
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| Portland, "The City of Roses" |
 |
Peninsula
Rose Garden, N Ainsworth & N Albina Sts, in Peninsula Park (large sunken
rose garden) |
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The
Promised Land sculpture, near Lloyd Center |
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Waterfront
Park, along the Willamette, downtown (walks along Portland's waterfront,
shopping, farmer's market on weekends) |
|
Oregon
History Center, Park Ave (museum, exhibits, research library of emigrant
journals) |
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Council
Crest Park (city's highest point, view of downtown and five peaks) |
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Washington
Park (zoo, Coming of the White Man and Sacajawea statues,
International Rose Test Garden) |
LOOK AT
THE MAP |
| The Barlow
Road route |
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White
River Crossing, FR3530 to White River Station Campground (milky river from
glacier runoff, 4-wheel drive recommended for sandy river bottom, from Route 48 see views
of 11,000 foot Mt. Hood) |
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Devil's
Half Acre, FR3530 w of Fort Deposit (scenic meadow area) |
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Barlow
Pass, FR3530 to SR35 s to milepost 62 (original roadbed, Pacific Crest Trail) |
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Pioneer
Woman's Grave, SR35 to milepost 58 then FR3530 1 mi (original roadbed,
interpretive marker) |
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Summit
Meadow, SR35 s to US26, w to FR2656, s to FR2612, then ½ mi w (emigrant
cemetary, deep grass, corduroy road site) |
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Timberline
Lodge, US26 to Timberline Road, then north, uphill (historic hotel,
summertime skiing, from upper chairlift see same view as Joel Palmer saw scouting route) |
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Government
Camp, US26 mile post 53 business route (stone monument, interpretive panels) |
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Laurel
Hill, US26 between mile posts 50 & 51 eastbound access only (trails to
steep Oregon Trail grade) |
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West Toll
Gate, US26 between posts 44 & 45 (gate replica) |
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Jonsrud
Viewpoint, US26 to Sandy, Bluff Rd 1 mi n (view of Mt. Hood) |
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Philip
Foster Farm, SR211 to Eagle Creek, 6 mi s of Sandy (1882 house, site of
original Oregon Trail resting place, Foster Farm Descendants Day, August) |
LOOK AT
THE MAP |
| End of the Trail |
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Abernethy
Green/End of the Trail Monuments, behind End of the Trail Interpretive Center,
Oregon City (historical markers) |
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End of the
Trail Interpretive Center, 1726 Washington St (huge "covered wagon"
structure, interpretive programs, gift and book shop) |
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John
McLoughlin House NHS, 7th & Center Sts, Oregon City (museum) |
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Willamette
Falls, Falls Vista Viewpoint, SR99E, Oregon City (this is it—the end of
the emigrant road; close your eyes and listen to the falls and exchange the sound of the
traffic behind you for the bustle of emigrants arriving from the east to a new land) |
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Finally,This list is only a small
part of the adventure you can find along the Emigrant Road.
Drive safely, and enjoy yourself. Help preserve the Oregon Trail for our children.
Thank you. -J.R.
Tompkins |
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