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The Eagle Creek fire (in the red shaded area above) has closed approximately 40 miles of trails from Cascade Locks to Ainsworth State Park on the Oregon side of the Gorge. Click "View map" below for a map of the 48,000-acre containment area.

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Angel's Rest, OR
Angel's Rest alert Trail Alert. Click here for more info
​This trail was impacted by the Eagle Creek Fire in 2017.
 
Moderate: 5 miles | 1500 ft.
  • Beautiful Views
  • Ice Age Floods

Angel's to Devil's Rest Loop, OR
Angel's to Devil's Rest Loop alert Trail Alert. Click here for more info
​​This trail was impacted by the Eagle Creek Fire in 2017.
 
Expert: 10.7 miles | 2770 ft.
  • Beautiful Views

Augspurger Mountain, WA
Augspurger Mountain
 
Expert: 16 miles | 4400 ft.
  • Beautiful Views
  • Wildflowers

Balfour-Klickitat Loop, WA
Balfour-Klickitat Loop
 
Easy: 0.75 miles | 150 ft.
  • Bird Viewing

Beacon Rock, WA
Beacon Rock
 
Easy: 1.8 miles | 680 ft.
  • Beautiful Views
  • Cultural History
  • Ice Age Floods

Bell Creek Loop, OR
Bell Creek Loop alert Trail Alert. Click here for more info
Trail closed due to the 2017 Eagle Creek fire. Currently there is no timeline for reopening.
 
Expert: 14.5 miles | 3330 ft.
  • Waterfall
  • Wildflowers

Benson Plateau Loop, OR
Benson Plateau Loop
 
Expert: 16.2 miles | 4080 ft.
  • Wildflowers

Bridal Veil Falls, OR
Bridal Veil Falls
 
Easy: 0.6 miles | 70 ft.
  • Beautiful Views
  • Waterfall
  • Wildflowers

Cape Horn Loop, WA
Cape Horn Loop alert Trail Alert. Click here for more info
The road section of this loop hike is on a county road - please take care. From Feb. 1-July 2, the lower section of the Cape Horn trail has a seasonal closure for nesting peregrine falcons.
 
Strenuous: 8.3 miles | 1500 ft.
  • Beautiful Views
  • Bird Viewing
  • Ice Age Floods
  • Waterfall
  • Wildflowers

Cape Horn, Upper, WA
Cape Horn, Upper
 
Moderate: 5 miles | 1000 ft.
  • Beautiful Views
  • Bird Viewing
  • Ice Age Floods
  • Waterfall
  • Wildflowers

Catherine Creek Arch Loop, WA
Catherine Creek Arch Loop
 
Easy: 1.9 miles | 325 ft.
  • Beautiful Views
  • Cultural History
  • Wildflowers

Catherine Creek Labyrinth, WA
Catherine Creek Labyrinth
 
Moderate: 5.5 miles | 1000 ft.
  • Beautiful Views
  • Wildflowers

Catherine Creek Universal Access Loop, WA
Catherine Creek Universal Access Loop
 
Easy: 1.4 miles | 50 ft.
  • Beautiful Views
  • Wildflowers

Columbia Hills Historical State Park - Crawford Oaks Loop, WA
Columbia Hills Historical State Park - Crawford Oaks Loop
 
Moderate: 7 miles | 900 ft.
  • Beautiful Views
  • Bird Viewing
  • Cultural History
  • Ice Age Floods
  • Waterfall
  • Wildflowers

Columbia Hills Historical State Park - Dalles Mountain Ranch to Stacker Butte, WA
Columbia Hills Historical State Park - Dalles Mountain Ranch to Stacker Butte
 
Moderate: 4 miles | 1150 ft.
  • Beautiful Views
  • Bird Viewing
  • Cultural History

Columbia Hills Historical State Park - Horsethief Butte, WA
Columbia Hills Historical State Park - Horsethief Butte
 
Easy: 1.5 miles | 150 ft.
  • Beautiful Views
  • Cultural History
  • Ice Age Floods
  • Wildflowers

Columbia Hills Historical State Park - Horsethief Lake Petroglyphs, WA
Columbia Hills Historical State Park - Horsethief Lake Petroglyphs
 
Easy: 0.5 miles | 50 ft.
  • Beautiful Views
  • Cultural History
  • Ice Age Floods
  • Wildflowers

Deschutes River State Park - Ferry Springs Loop, OR
Deschutes River State Park - Ferry Springs Loop
 
Moderate: 4.4 miles | 500 ft.
  • Beautiful Views
  • Bird Viewing
  • Wildflowers

Deschutes River State Park - River Trail, OR
Deschutes River State Park - River Trail
 
Easy: 22.6 miles | 200 ft.
  • Beautiful Views
  • Cultural History
  • Wildflowers

Dog Creek Falls, WA
Dog Creek Falls
 
Easy: 0.2 miles | 0 ft.
  • Waterfall

Dog Mountain Loop, WA
Dog Mountain Loop
 
Strenuous: 6.9 miles | 2820 ft.
  • Beautiful Views
  • Wildflowers

Dry Creek Falls (Herman Creek Pinnacles Extension), OR
Dry Creek Falls (Herman Creek Pinnacles Extension)
 
Easy: 4.4 miles | 700 ft.
  • Waterfall
  • Wildflowers

Dry Creek Falls to Herman Creek, OR
Dry Creek Falls to Herman Creek
 
Easy: 8.6 miles | 750 ft.
  • Waterfall
  • Wildflowers

Eagle Creek to High Bridge, OR
Eagle Creek to High Bridge alert Trail Alert. Click here for more info
Trail closed due to the 2017 Eagle Creek fire. Currently there is no timeline for reopening.
 
Moderate: 6.4 miles | 840 ft.
  • Waterfall
  • Wildflowers

Eagle Creek to Punchbowl Falls, OR
Eagle Creek to Punchbowl Falls alert Trail Alert. Click here for more info
Trail closed due to the 2017 Eagle Creek fire. Currently there is no timeline for reopening.
 
Easy: 3.8 miles | 500 ft.
  • Waterfall
  • Wildflowers

Eagle Creek to Tunnel Falls, OR
Eagle Creek to Tunnel Falls alert Trail Alert. Click here for more info
Trail closed due to the 2017 Eagle Creek fire. Currently there is no timeline for reopening.
 
Strenuous: 12 miles | 1640 ft.
  • Waterfall
  • Wildflowers

Eagle Creek to Wahtum Lake, OR
Eagle Creek to Wahtum Lake alert Trail Alert. Click here for more info
Trail closed due to the 2017 Eagle Creek fire. Currently there is no timeline for reopening.
 
Expert: 26.5 miles | 5310 ft.
  • Waterfall
  • Wildflowers

Elowah Falls, OR
Elowah Falls alert Trail Alert. Click here for more info
Trail closed due to the 2017 Eagle Creek fire. Currently there is no timeline for reopening.
 
Moderate: 1.5 miles | 260 ft.
  • Waterfall
  • Wildflowers

Falls Creek Falls, WA
Falls Creek Falls
 
Easy: 3.4 miles | 700 ft.
  • Waterfall
  • Wildflowers

Fort Cascades Loop, WA
Fort Cascades Loop
 
Easy: 1.5 miles | 0 ft.
  • Cultural History
  • Ice Age Floods

Gillette Lake, WA
Gillette Lake
 
Moderate: 5.4 miles | 648 ft.
  • Beautiful Views

Green Point Ridge, OR
Green Point Ridge alert Trail Alert. Click here for more info
Trail closed due to the 2017 Eagle Creek fire. Currently there is no estimated reopening date due to heavy damage sustained after the fire.
 
Expert: 15 miles | 5000 ft.
  • Beautiful Views

Greenleaf Overlook, WA
Greenleaf Overlook
 
Moderate: 8.8 miles | 800 ft.
  • Beautiful Views

Hamilton Mountain Loop, WA
Hamilton Mountain Loop
 
Strenuous: 7.6 miles | 2100 ft.
  • Beautiful Views
  • Waterfall
  • Wildflowers

Hardy & Rodney Falls (Pool of Winds), WA
Hardy & Rodney Falls (Pool of Winds)
 
Easy: 2.5 miles | 440 ft.
  • Waterfall

Hardy Ridge Loop, WA
Hardy Ridge Loop
 
Strenuous: 9 miles | 2500 ft.
  • Beautiful Views
  • Wildflowers

Herman Creek to Casey Creek, OR
Herman Creek to Casey Creek
 
Strenuous: 7.4 miles | 2000 ft.
  • Wildflowers

Herman Creek to Mud Lake, OR
Herman Creek to Mud Lake
 
Expert: 17.8 miles | 3400 ft.
  • Wildflowers

Hole-in-the-Wall Falls , OR
Hole-in-the-Wall Falls
 
Easy: 1.2 miles | 100 ft.

Horsetail Falls Loop, OR
Horsetail Falls Loop alert Trail Alert. Click here for more info
Trail closed due to the 2017 Eagle Creek fire. Currently there is no timeline for reopening.
 
Easy: 2.3 miles | 440 ft.
  • Waterfall
  • Wildflowers

Horsetail, Ponytail & Triple Falls, OR
Horsetail, Ponytail & Triple Falls alert Trail Alert. Click here for more info
Trail is open only to Ponytail Falls. Past the falls, the trail is closed because of damage from the 2017 Eagle Creek fire.
 
Moderate: 4.4 miles | 680 ft.
  • Waterfall

Indian Point Loop, OR
Indian Point Loop
 
Strenuous: 7.6 miles | 2800 ft.
  • Beautiful Views
  • Wildflowers

Klickitat Trail - Fisher Hill to Klickitat, WA
Klickitat Trail - Fisher Hill to Klickitat
 
Easy: 22 miles | 200 ft.
  • Beautiful Views
  • Bird Viewing
  • Cultural History
  • Wildflowers

Klickitat Trail - Fisher Hill to Pitt, WA
Klickitat Trail - Fisher Hill to Pitt
 
Easy: 17 miles | 100 ft.
  • Beautiful Views
  • Bird Viewing
  • Cultural History
  • Wildflowers

Klickitat Trail - Lyle to Fisher Hill, WA
Klickitat Trail - Lyle to Fisher Hill
 
Moderate: 4 miles | 100 ft.
  • Beautiful Views
  • Bird Viewing
  • Cultural History
  • Wildflowers

Klickitat Trail - Swale Canyon, WA
Klickitat Trail - Swale Canyon
 
Moderate: 10.2 miles | 1000 ft.
  • Beautiful Views
  • Bird Viewing
  • Cultural History
  • Wildflowers

Lancaster Falls, OR
Lancaster Falls
 
Easy: 1.6 miles | 100 ft.
  • Waterfall

Larch Mountain Crater Loop, OR
Larch Mountain Crater Loop alert Trail Alert. Click here for more info
Lower trail open with hazards. Upper trail inaccessible due to snow gate.
 
Moderate: 6 miles | 1100 ft.
  • Wildflowers

Latourell Falls Loop, OR
Latourell Falls Loop
 
Easy: 2.4 miles | 520 ft.
  • Waterfall
  • Wildflowers

Lyle Cherry Orchard, WA
Lyle Cherry Orchard
 
Moderate: 5 miles | 1500 ft.
  • Beautiful Views
  • Ice Age Floods
  • Wildflowers

Mitchell Point, OR
Mitchell Point
 
Strenuous: 2.6 miles | 1270 ft.
  • Beautiful Views

Mosier Creek Falls, OR
Mosier Creek Falls
 
Easy: 0.4 miles | 200 ft.
  • Waterfall

Mosier Plateau, OR
Mosier Plateau
 
Moderate: 3.5 miles | 600 ft.
  • Beautiful Views
  • Bird Viewing
  • Ice Age Floods
  • Waterfall
  • Wildflowers

Mosier Twin Tunnels, OR
Mosier Twin Tunnels
 
Easy: 14 miles | 300 ft.
  • Beautiful Views

Mount Defiance, OR
Mount Defiance alert Trail Alert. Click here for more info
Starvation Ridge Cut-off trail (#414B) is closed due to a washout on the trail.
 
Expert: 12.2 miles | 4900 ft.
  • Beautiful Views
  • Waterfall
  • Wildflowers

Multnomah - Wahkeena Falls Loop, OR
Multnomah - Wahkeena Falls Loop alert Trail Alert. Click here for more info
Multnomah-Wahkeena Falls loop is closed indefinitely due to active rockfall.
 
Moderate: 4.8 miles | 1540 ft.
  • Beautiful Views
  • Waterfall
  • Wildflowers

Multnomah Falls, OR
Multnomah Falls alert Trail Alert. Click here for more info
Multnomah-Wahkeena loop is closed indefinitely due to active rockfall.
 
Easy: 2.6 miles | 700 ft.
  • Beautiful Views
  • Waterfall

Multnomah Falls - Franklin Ridge Loop, OR
Multnomah Falls - Franklin Ridge Loop alert Trail Alert. Click here for more info
Multnomah-Wahkeena loop is closed indefinitely due to active rockfall.
 
Expert: 12 miles | 2760 ft.
  • Beautiful Views
  • Waterfall
  • Wildflowers

Multnomah Falls to Devil's Rest, OR
Multnomah Falls to Devil's Rest alert Trail Alert. Click here for more info
Multnomah-Wahkeena Falls Loop is closed indefinitely due to active rockfall.
 
Strenuous: 8.4 miles | 2368 ft.
  • Beautiful Views
  • Waterfall

Multnomah Falls to Larch Mountain via Oneonta Trail, OR
Multnomah Falls to Larch Mountain via Oneonta Trail alert Trail Alert. Click here for more info
Multnomah-Wahkeena Falls loop is closed indefinitely due to active rockfall.
 
Expert: 17.2 miles | 4400 ft.
  • Beautiful Views
  • Waterfall
  • Wildflowers

Nesmith Point, OR
Nesmith Point alert Trail Alert. Click here for more info
Trail closed due to the 2017 Eagle Creek fire. Currently there is no timeline for reopening.
 
Expert: 10.2 miles | 3700 ft.
  • Wildflowers

Nick Eaton Ridge Loop, OR
Nick Eaton Ridge Loop
 
Expert: 14 miles | 3840 ft.
  • Wildflowers

North Lake, OR
North Lake alert Trail Alert. Click here for more info
This trail was impacted by the Eagle Creek Fire in 2017.
 
Expert: 11.4 miles | 4240 ft.

Oneonta Gorge to Lower Oneonta Falls, OR
Oneonta Gorge to Lower Oneonta Falls alert Trail Alert. Click here for more info
Trail closed due to the 2017 Eagle Creek fire. Currently there is no timeline for reopening.
 
Easy: 0.6 miles | 400 ft.
  • Waterfall

Panther Creek Falls, WA
Panther Creek Falls
 
Easy: 0.4 miles | 200 ft.
  • Waterfall

River-to-Rock, WA
River-to-Rock
 
Easy: 1.5 miles | 250 ft.
  • Beautiful Views
  • Cultural History
  • Ice Age Floods

Rooster Rock Loop, OR
Rooster Rock Loop
 
Easy: 2.25 miles | 50 ft.
  • Beautiful Views

Rowena Plateau Loop, OR
Rowena Plateau Loop
 
Easy: 2.5 miles | 250 ft.
  • Beautiful Views
  • Ice Age Floods
  • Wildflowers

Sams Walker Loop, WA
Sams Walker Loop
 
Easy: 1.1 miles | 50 ft.
  • Beautiful Views
  • Bird Viewing

Shepperds Dell Falls, OR
Shepperds Dell Falls alert Trail Alert. Click here for more info
Trail closed due to the 2017 Eagle Creek fire. Currently there is no timeline for reopening.
 
Easy: 0.2 miles | 0 ft.
  • Waterfall

Silver Star Mountain - Ed's Trail Loop, WA
Silver Star Mountain - Ed's Trail Loop alert Trail Alert. Click here for more info
The Forest Service roads up to Ed's Trailhead are in very poor condition this year; much worse than in year's past.
 
Moderate: 5 miles | 1500 ft.
  • Beautiful Views
  • Wildflowers

St. Cloud Loop, WA
St. Cloud Loop
 
Easy: 0.5 miles | 150 ft.
  • Beautiful Views

Starvation Creek Falls, OR
Starvation Creek Falls
 
Easy: 0.1 miles | 0 ft.
  • Waterfall

Starvation Creek Ridge Loop, OR
Starvation Creek Ridge Loop alert Trail Alert. Click here for more info
Starvation Ridge Cut-off trail (#414B) is closed due to a washout on the trail.
 
Moderate: 2.5 miles | 700 ft.
  • Waterfall

Starvation Creek to Warren Lake, OR
Starvation Creek to Warren Lake alert Trail Alert. Click here for more info
Starvation Ridge Cut-off trail (#414B) is closed due to a washout on the trail.
 
Expert: 11 miles | 4000 ft.
  • Waterfall
  • Wildflowers

Steigerwald Lake National Wildlife Refuge - Gibbons Creek, WA
Steigerwald Lake National Wildlife Refuge - Gibbons Creek alert Trail Alert. Click here for more info
Seasonal trail closed until April 30.
 
Easy: 2.8 miles | 0 ft.
  • Beautiful Views
  • Bird Viewing
  • Ice Age Floods

Strawberry Island Loop, WA
Strawberry Island Loop
 
Moderate: 4 miles | 0 ft.
  • Beautiful Views
  • Bird Viewing
  • Wildflowers

Table Mountain - Heartbreak Ridge Loop, WA
Table Mountain - Heartbreak Ridge Loop
 
Expert: 8 miles | 3200 ft.
  • Beautiful Views
  • Wildflowers

Table Mountain from Bonneville Trailhead, WA
Table Mountain from Bonneville Trailhead
 
Expert: 15.8 miles | 4500 ft.
  • Beautiful Views
  • Wildflowers

Tanner Butte, OR
Tanner Butte alert Trail Alert. Click here for more info
Trail closed due to the 2017 Eagle Creek fire. Currently there is no timeline for reopening.
 
Expert: 17 miles | 4500 ft.
  • Beautiful Views
  • Wildflowers

Tanner Ridge to Dublin Lake, OR
Tanner Ridge to Dublin Lake alert Trail Alert. Click here for more info
Trail closed due to the 2017 Eagle Creek fire. Currently there is no timeline for reopening.
 
Expert: 13 miles | 3600 ft.
  • Wildflowers

The Dalles Riverfront Trail, OR
The Dalles Riverfront Trail
 
Easy: 3 miles | 200 ft.
  • Beautiful Views

Tom McCall Nature Preserve, OR
Tom McCall Nature Preserve alert Trail Alert. Click here for more info
The McCall Point trail is seasonally closed during winter when conditions are wet and muddy.
 
Moderate: 3.25 miles | 1070 ft.
  • Beautiful Views
  • Wildflowers

Toothrock, OR
Toothrock alert Trail Alert. Click here for more info
Partial opening: Parking here and the paved Historic Columbia River Highway State Trail is open. Gorge trail #400 is closed.
 
Moderate: 4 miles | 200 ft.
  • Cultural History

Triple Falls, OR
Triple Falls alert Trail Alert. Click here for more info
Trail closed due to the 2017 Eagle Creek fire. Currently there is no timeline for reopening.
 
Moderate: 5 miles | 740 ft.
  • Waterfall

Upper McCord Creek Falls, OR
Upper McCord Creek Falls alert Trail Alert. Click here for more info
Trail closed due to the 2017 Eagle Creek fire. Currently there is no timeline for reopening.
 
Easy: 2.2 miles | 600 ft.
  • Beautiful Views
  • Waterfall
  • Wildflowers

Wahclella Falls Loop, OR
Wahclella Falls Loop alert Trail Alert. Click here for more info
Trail closed due to the 2017 Eagle Creek fire. Currently there is no timeline for reopening.
 
Easy: 1.8 miles | 300 ft.
  • Waterfall

Wahkeena Falls, OR
Wahkeena Falls alert Trail Alert. Click here for more info
Multnomah-Wahkeena Falls loop is closed indefinitely due to active rockfall.
 
Easy: 2.8 miles | 850 ft.
  • Beautiful Views
  • Waterfall

Washougal Waterfront Trail, WA
Washougal Waterfront Trail
 
Easy: 2 miles | 0 ft.
  • Beautiful Views
  • Bird Viewing

Wauna Point, OR
Wauna Point alert Trail Alert. Click here for more info
Trail closed due to the 2017 Eagle Creek fire. Currently there is no timeline for reopening.
 
Strenuous: 9.4 miles | 3380 ft.
  • Beautiful Views
  • Waterfall

Weldon Wagon, WA
Weldon Wagon
 
Moderate: 5 miles | 1340 ft.
  • Beautiful Views
  • Bird Viewing
  • Cultural History
  • Wildflowers

Whistle Punk Interpretive Loop, WA
Whistle Punk Interpretive Loop
 
Easy: 1.5 miles | 0 ft.
  • Cultural History