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[[Image:mcneillowviewmthood.JPG|thumb|400px|Mount Hood from viewpoint below McNeil Point]] | [[Image:mcneillowviewmthood.JPG|thumb|400px|Mount Hood from viewpoint below McNeil Point]] | ||
+ | [[Image:mcneillowviewyocum.JPG|thumb|300px|Yocum Ridge from viewpoint below McNeil Point]] | ||
+ | [[Image:mcneillowviewrock.JPG|thumb|300px|Boulder at viewpoint below McNeil Point. It's hard to climb up on. Need a human to show scale.]] | ||
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** {{Hike ring|trailhead=Top Spur Trailhead|hike=McNeil Point Hike|log=McNeil Point Hike/Log|previous=Top Spur Trailhead|next=Timberline-McNeil Point South Trail Junction}} | ** {{Hike ring|trailhead=Top Spur Trailhead|hike=McNeil Point Hike|log=McNeil Point Hike/Log|previous=Top Spur Trailhead|next=Timberline-McNeil Point South Trail Junction}} | ||
** {{Hike ring|trailhead=Top Spur Trailhead|hike=Cairn Basin from Top Spur Hike|log=Cairn Basin from Top Spur Hike/Log|previous=Top Spur Trailhead|next=Timberline-McNeil Point South Trail Junction}} | ** {{Hike ring|trailhead=Top Spur Trailhead|hike=Cairn Basin from Top Spur Hike|log=Cairn Basin from Top Spur Hike/Log|previous=Top Spur Trailhead|next=Timberline-McNeil Point South Trail Junction}} | ||
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A popular destination is this viewpoint below McNeil Point. Above here the crowds start thinning out. | A popular destination is this viewpoint below McNeil Point. Above here the crowds start thinning out. | ||
Revision as of 00:51, 22 February 2007
- Hikes including this location:
- McNeil Point Hike (TH | <— —> | LOG)
- Cairn Basin from Top Spur Hike (TH | <— —> | LOG)
- Timberline Trail around Mount Hood Hike (TH | <— —> | LOG)
- Weather forecast: NWS/NOAA
- Maps: Oregon Hikers Maps Google Maps
- Latitude, Longitude: 45.39865, -121.74763
- Elevation: 5000'
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Description
A popular destination is this viewpoint below McNeil Point. Above here the crowds start thinning out.
You get great views of Mount Hood, the Sandy River valley, Yocum Ridge across the valley, and down the valley to the West towards Portland.
It's 2.7 miles following the recommended route across Bald Mountain or 2.1 miles if you go directly.
See Yocum End for a view down to here from Yocum Ridge.
Guidebooks that cover this destination
- 60 Hikes within 60 Miles of Portland, by Paul Gerald
More Links
Page Contributors
- Splintercat (Tom Kloster) (primary)
- User:retiredjerry