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[[Image:EaglesNest.JPG|thumb|400px|Bonneville Dam from the Eagle's Nest ''(Steve Hart)'']]
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[[Image:EaglesNest2.jpg|thumb|250px|The Eagle's Nest ''(Steve Hart)'']]
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[[Image:The Eagle's Nest, Historic Columbia River Highway.jpg|thumb|400px|At the Eagle's Nest, looking towards Table Mountain ''(bobcat)'']]
  
 
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**{{Hike ring|trailhead=Tooth Rock Trailhead|hike=Tooth Rock Loop Hike|log=Tooth Rock Loop Hike/Log|previous=Tooth Rock Viaduct|next=Eagle Creek Viaduct}}
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**{{Hike ring|trailhead=Tooth Rock Trailhead|hike=Tooth Rock Loop Hike|log=Tooth Rock Loop Hike/Log|previous=Eagle Creek Viaduct|next=Tooth Rock Viaduct}}
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**{{Hike ring|trailhead=Wahclella Falls Trailhead|hike=Tanner Creek to Eagle Creek Loop Hike|log=Tanner Creek to Eagle Creek Loop Hike/Log|previous=Eagle Creek Viaduct|next=Tooth Rock Viaduct}}
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* Elevation: 200 feet
  
 
=== Description ===
 
=== Description ===
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Just west of the [[Tooth Rock Viaduct]], there's a one-car sized turnout on the guard rail. Lancaster designed this as part of the original road and he called it the Eagle's Nest. Originally the view here consisted of the river and the small town of Bonneville. Later, it was a good place to watch the early construction of Bonneville Dam. There are several anecdotal tales of collisions when moving cars hit stopped cars here.  
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Just past the [[Tooth Rock Tunnel Bridge]], there's a small circular overlook. Lancaster designed this as part of the original road and he called it the Eagle's Nest. Originally the view here consisted of the river and the small town of Bonneville. Later, it was a good place to watch the early construction of the [[Bonneville Dam]]. There are several anecdotal tales of collisions when moving cars hit stopped cars here.  
  
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The original Eagle's Nest was destroyed much later, probably during construction of the second powerhouse at the dam. A new "Eagle's Nest" was constructed as part of the 1996 rebuild to a trail.
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* [http://columbiariverimages.com/Regions/Places/toothrock_tunnel.html  "Toothrock and Toothrock Tunnel, Oregon" (The Columbia River: A Photographic Journey)]
  
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=== Guidebooks that cover this destination ===
 
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* ''60 Hikes within 60 miles of Portland'', by Paul Gerald
 
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* ''100 Hikes in Northwest Oregon'' - 3rd Edition, by William L Sullivan
 
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* [[User:Stevefromdodge|Stevefromdodge]] (creator)
 
* [[User:Stevefromdodge|Stevefromdodge]] (creator)

Revision as of 19:56, 25 April 2021

At the Eagle's Nest, looking towards Table Mountain (bobcat)

Description

Just past the Tooth Rock Tunnel Bridge, there's a small circular overlook. Lancaster designed this as part of the original road and he called it the Eagle's Nest. Originally the view here consisted of the river and the small town of Bonneville. Later, it was a good place to watch the early construction of the Bonneville Dam. There are several anecdotal tales of collisions when moving cars hit stopped cars here.

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