Rowena Pond (Steve Hart)

Yellow Pond Lilies (Steve Hart)

Poison Oak (Steve Hart)

• Hikes including this location:
  • Rowena Plateau Hike   (TH | <—   —> | LOG)
• Weather forecast: NWS/NOAA
• Maps: Oregon Hikers Maps Google Maps
• Latitude, Longitude: 45.68689, -121.30312
• Elevation: 590 feet

Description

Rowena Pond is the first of two ponds on the Rowena Plateau Trail. Most of the pond is blocked by an impenetrable mass of Poison Oak, but there's a narrow use path from the main trail to the edge of the pond. There's a wider open area on the east side of the pond. To get there, walk around the far (north) side of the pond to a small rocky shoreline.

The pond blooms with Yellow Pond Lilies all summer and it's a great place to see waterfowl, as well.

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• Memaloose State Park-Rowena Dell Canyon 11-16-06

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Guidebooks that cover this destination

• 60 Hikes within 60 Miles: Portland 2nd Edition, by Paul Gerald
• 100 Hikes in Northwest Oregon 2nd Edition, by William Sullivan
• Hiking the Columbia River Gorge 2nd Edition, by Russ Schneider

More Links

• The Tom McCall Nature Preserve (The Nature Conservancy)
• NWHiker.com Hike #54
• L&C's Columbia River - a Photographic Journey
• Rowena Plateau - OregonWildflowers.org

Contributors

• jeffstatt (creator)