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[[Image:mcneillowviewmthood.JPG|thumb|400px|Mount Hood from viewpoint below McNeil Point]]
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[[Category:Mt Hood National Forest]]
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[[Category:Mount Hood Area]]
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[[Category:Northwest Oregon]]
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[[Category:Wilderness]]
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[[Category:Alpine]]
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[[Category:Wildflowers]]
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[[Category:Viewpoints]]
  
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* Hikes to here
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[[Image:mcneillowviewmthood.JPG|thumb|400px|Mount Hood from viewpoint below McNeil Point ''(Jerry Adams)'']]
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** {{Hike ring|trailhead=Top Spur Trailhead|hike=McNeil Point Hike|log=Top Spur Hike/Log|previous=Top Spur Trailhead|next=McNeil Point Lower Trail}}
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[[Image:mcneillowviewyocum.JPG|thumb|250px|Yocum Ridge from viewpoint below McNeil Point ''(Jerry Adams)'']]
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** {{Hike ring|trailhead=Top Spur Trailhead|hike=Cairn Basin from Top Spur Hike|log=Top Spur Hike/Log|previous=Top Spur Trailhead|next=McNeil Point Lower Trail}}
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** {{Hike ring|trailhead=Timberline Lodge Trailhead|hike=Timberline Trail around Mount Hood Hike|log=Timberline Trail around Mount Hood Hike/Log|previous=Muddy Fork Timberline Crossing|next=McNeil Point Lower Trail}}
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{{Maplinkinfo|latitude=45.39865|longitude=-121.74763}}
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* Elevation: 5000'
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=== Description ===
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* Hikes including this location:
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[[Image:mcneillowviewyocum.JPG|thumb|300px|Yocum Ridge from viewpoint below McNeil Point]]
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** {{Hike ring|trailhead=Top Spur Trailhead|hike=McNeil Point Hike|log=McNeil Point Hike/Log|previous=Timberline-McGee Creek Trail Junction|next=Timberline-McNeil Point Scramble Trail Junction}}
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[[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=Cairn Basin from Top Spur Hike|log=Cairn Basin from Top Spur Hike/Log|previous=Timberline-McGee Creek Trail Junction|next=Timberline-McNeil Point Scramble Trail Junction}}
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** {{Hike ring|trailhead=McGee Creek Trailhead|hike=McNeil Point via McGee Creek Hike|log=McNeil Point via McGee Creek Hike/Log|previous=Timberline-McGee Creek Trail Junction|next=Timberline-McNeil Point Scramble Trail Junction}}
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** {{Hike ring|trailhead=Timberline Lodge Trailhead|hike=Timberline Trail around Mount Hood Hike|log=Timberline Trail around Mount Hood Hike/Log|previous=Timberline-McGee Creek Trail Junction|next=Timberline-McNeil Point Scramble Trail Junction}}
  
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A popular destination is this viewpoint below McNeil Point. Above here the crowds start thinning out.
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{{maplinkinfo|latitude=45.39857|longitude=-121.74910}}
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* Elevation: 5000 feet
  
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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.
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=== Description ===
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A popular destination is this viewpoint below [[McNeil Point Shelter|McNeil Point]].  Above here the crowds start thinning out. You get great views of [[Mount Hood]], the Sandy River valley, [[Yocum Low Viewpoint|Yocum Ridge]] across the valley, and down the valley to the west towards Portland.
  
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It's 2.7 miles following the recommended route across Bald Mountain or 2.1 miles if you go directly.  
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=== More Links ===
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* [http://photomomlinda.blogspot.com/2016/09/flower-time-at-mcneil-point.html  Flower Time at McNeil Point (Linda’s Lens)]
  
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See [[Yocum End]] for a view down to here from Yocum Ridge.
 
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=== More Links ===
 
  
 
=== Page Contributors ===
 
=== Page Contributors ===
 
* [[User:Splintercat|Splintercat (Tom Kloster)]] (primary)
 
* [[User:Splintercat|Splintercat (Tom Kloster)]] (primary)
 
* [[User:retiredjerry]]
 
* [[User:retiredjerry]]

Revision as of 20:24, 14 March 2018

Mount Hood from viewpoint below McNeil Point (Jerry Adams)
Yocum Ridge from viewpoint below McNeil Point (Jerry Adams)

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.

More Links


Page Contributors

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