Difference between revisions of "Chatfield Hill"
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**{{Hike ring|trailhead=Memaloose Rest Area Trailhead|hike=Memaloose Hills Hike|log=Memaloose Hills Hike/Log|previous=Memaloose Hills-Chatfield Hill Trail Junction|next=Memaloose Hills-Chatfield Hill Trail Junction}} | **{{Hike ring|trailhead=Memaloose Rest Area Trailhead|hike=Memaloose Hills Hike|log=Memaloose Hills Hike/Log|previous=Memaloose Hills-Chatfield Hill Trail Junction|next=Memaloose Hills-Chatfield Hill Trail Junction}} | ||
Revision as of 02:18, 6 May 2015
[[Image:ChatfieldHill1.jpg|thumb|400px|View down the Columbia River from Chatfield Hill (bobcat)]
- Hikes to this location:
- Memaloose Hills Hike (TH | <— —> | LOG)
- Weather forecast: NWS/NOAA
- Maps: Oregon Hikers Maps Google Maps
- Latitude, Longitude: 45.6838, -121.3511
- Elevation: 957 feet
Description
Chatfield Hill, also known as Castilleja Hill to wildflower aficionados, is one of the Memaloose Hills. These include McClure Hill, Marsh Hill, and the Lone Pine Hills. These hills were "smoothed over" by the cataclysmic Bretz Floods at the end of the last Ice Age and rounded pebbles from flood deposits can still be found if you look carefully.
Chatfield Hill abuts private property, but is accessed via a user trail on public land from Wetland Spring. The hill is cloaked with oak/poison oak forest on its north and east sides, but is relatively unforested on the south and west. These meadows display a magnificent balsamroot/paintbrush/lupine palette in mid-spring.
Contributors
- bobcat (creator)