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[[Image:PCT-HermanBridgeJct.JPG|thumb|400px|This sign is a few feet down the Herman Bridge Trail ''(Steve Hart)'']]
  
 
* Hikes including this location:
 
* Hikes including this location:
** {{Hike ring|trailhead=Herman Creek Trailhead|hike=Benson Plateau Loop Hike|log=Benson Plateau Loop Hike/Log|previous=Herman Creek Bridge|next=Teakettle Spring}}
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** {{Hike ring|trailhead=Herman Creek Trailhead|hike=Benson Plateau Loop Hike|log=Benson Plateau Loop Hike/Log|previous=Herman Bridge|next=Teakettle Spring}}
** {{Hike ring|trailhead=Herman Creek Trailhead|hike=Herman Creek Pinnacles Hike|log=Herman Creek Pinnacles Hike/Log|previous=Herman Creek Bridge|next=Pacific Crest Falls}}
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** {{Hike ring|trailhead=Herman Creek Trailhead|hike=Herman Creek Pinnacles Hike|log=Herman Creek Pinnacles Hike/Log|previous=Herman Bridge|next=Pacific Crest Falls}}
 
** {{Hike ring|trailhead=Bridge of the Gods Trailhead|hike=Rudolph Spur Loop Hike|log=Rudolph Spur Loop Hike/Log|previous=Teakettle Spring|next=Pacific Crest Falls}}
 
** {{Hike ring|trailhead=Bridge of the Gods Trailhead|hike=Rudolph Spur Loop Hike|log=Rudolph Spur Loop Hike/Log|previous=Teakettle Spring|next=Pacific Crest Falls}}
** {{Hike ring|trailhead=Herman Creek Trailhead|hike=Wahtum Lake via Pacific Crest Trail Hike|log=Wahtum Lake via Pacific Crest Trail Hike/Log|previous=Herman Creek Bridge|next=Teakettle Spring}}
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** {{Hike ring|trailhead=Herman Creek Trailhead|hike=Wahtum Lake via Pacific Crest Trail Hike|log=Wahtum Lake via Pacific Crest Trail Hike/Log|previous=Herman Bridge|next=Teakettle Spring}}
 
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* Elevation: 960 feet
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=== Description ===
 
=== Description ===
This is an important trail junction. The Pacific Crest Trail extends northward to Cascade Locks and Washington State and southward to the Benson Plateau, Mt Hood and eventually Mexico. The Herman Bridge Trail drops off the hill to [[Herman Creek Bridge]] and the [[Herman Creek Trailhead]]. Since the route via Herman Bridge Trail is shorter than the Crest Trail, many people on the way to Benson Plateau use Herman Bridge Trail as a shortcut.
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This is an important trail junction. The Pacific Crest Trail extends northward to [[Bridge of the Gods Trailhead|Cascade Locks]] and Washington State and southward to the [[Benson Plateau]], [[Mount Hood]] and eventually Mexico. The Herman Bridge Trail drops off the hill to [[Herman Bridge]] and the [[Herman Creek Trailhead]]. Since the route via Herman Bridge Trail is shorter than the Crest Trail, many people on the way to Benson Plateau use Herman Bridge Trail as a shortcut.
  
 
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Revision as of 14:08, 29 November 2007

This sign is a few feet down the Herman Bridge Trail (Steve Hart)

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Description

This is an important trail junction. The Pacific Crest Trail extends northward to Cascade Locks and Washington State and southward to the Benson Plateau, Mount Hood and eventually Mexico. The Herman Bridge Trail drops off the hill to Herman Bridge and the Herman Creek Trailhead. Since the route via Herman Bridge Trail is shorter than the Crest Trail, many people on the way to Benson Plateau use Herman Bridge Trail as a shortcut.

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Guidebooks that cover this destination

  • Day Hike! Columbia Gorge, by Seabury Blair, Jr.
  • Afoot and Afield Portland/Vancouver, by Douglas Lorain
  • 35 Hiking Trails, Columbia River Gorge, by Don & Roberta Lowe
  • Columbia River Gorge, 42 Scenic Hikes, by Don & Roberta Lowe
  • Hiking the Columbia River Gorge - 1st and 2nd Editions, by Russ Schneider
  • 100 Hikes in Northwest Oregon - 3rd Edition, by William L Sullivan

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