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[[Image:UpperMcCordFalls1.jpg|thumb|400px|Upper McCord Creek Falls]]
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== Info ==
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[[Image:McCordFalls1.jpg|thumb|400px|Upper McCord Creek Falls ''(Steve Hart)'']]
* Hikes containing this destination:
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** {{Hike ring|trailhead=John B Yeon Trailhead|hike=Upper McCord Creek Falls Hike|log=Upper McCord Creek Falls Hike/Log|previous=Elowah Falls Viewpoint|next=Upper McCord Creek Falls}}
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* Latitude:  
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* Hikes including this destination:
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** {{Hike ring|trailhead=John B Yeon Trailhead|hike=Upper McCord Creek Falls Hike|log=Upper McCord Creek Falls Hike/Log|previous=Elowah Falls Upper Viewpoint|next=Upper McCord Creek Falls}}
* Elevation:
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== Description ==
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{{maplinkinfo|latitude=45.61125|longitude=-121.99416}}
Elowah Falls has created a huge amphitheater by eroding away numerous lavaflows. One of the flows, towards the top, is softer than many of the others and creates an obvious, shelflike alcove all the way around the basin. Decades ago, trail makers were able to gouge a trail out of this soft flow and protect it with handrails. Today, this trail provides an outstanding view down to Elowah Falls and across the Columbia River to Hamilton Mountain and Table Mountain.
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* Elevation: 580 feet
  
== Maps ==
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=== Description ===
[[Image:McCordCreekMap.jpg|thumb|Map of McCord Creek area]]
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Upper McCord Creek Falls is sometimes seen as the uppermost tier of mighty [[Elowah Falls]]. This 64-foot twin waterfall is best viewed from a raised spot just off the trail as you approach the falls. A log which appears in many older photographs of the falls has disappeared post-Eagle Creek Fire. The waterfall is within the expanded boundaries (2009) of the Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness.
* [http://hikefinderlinkhere  Hike Finder ]
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== Trip Reports ==
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In the past McCord Creek was also known as Pierce Creek and Kelly Creek. The name was finalized by a committee in honor of W.R. McCord, whooshed fish wheels that operated at the mouth of the creek. The waterfall is called the "upper" falls because {[Elowah Falls]] used to be called McCord Creek Falls.
[[Image:ElowahViewpoint3.JPG|thumb|Mt. Adams peeks above the town of North Bonneville|left]]
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== Related Conversations / Q&A ==
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=== More Links ===
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* [http://www.waterfallsnorthwest.com/nws/falls.php?num=4035  Upper McCord Creek Falls (Northwest Waterfall Survey)]
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* [http://trails.gorgefriends.org/trail/upper-mccord-creek-falls/  Upper McCord Creek Falls (Friends of the Columbia Gorge)]
  
== Guidebooks that cover this destination ==
 
* ''Day Hike! Columbia Gorge'', by Saebury Blair, Jr.
 
* ''Afoot and Afield Portland/Vancouver'', by Douglas Lorain
 
* ''35 Hiking Trails, Columbia River Gorge'', by Don & Roberta Lowe
 
* ''Columbia River Gorge, 42 Scenic Hikes'', by Don & Roberta Lowe
 
* ''Hiking the Columbia River Gorge'' - 1st and 2nd Editions, by Russ Schneider
 
* ''100 Hikes in Northwest Oregon'' - 3rd Edition, by William L Sullivan
 
  
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=== Contributors ===
 
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== Contributors ==
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* [[User:Stevefromdodge|Stevefromdodge]] (creator)
 
* [[User:Stevefromdodge|Stevefromdodge]] (creator)

Latest revision as of 20:51, 30 May 2021

Upper McCord Creek Falls (Steve Hart)

Description

Upper McCord Creek Falls is sometimes seen as the uppermost tier of mighty Elowah Falls. This 64-foot twin waterfall is best viewed from a raised spot just off the trail as you approach the falls. A log which appears in many older photographs of the falls has disappeared post-Eagle Creek Fire. The waterfall is within the expanded boundaries (2009) of the Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness.

In the past McCord Creek was also known as Pierce Creek and Kelly Creek. The name was finalized by a committee in honor of W.R. McCord, whooshed fish wheels that operated at the mouth of the creek. The waterfall is called the "upper" falls because {[Elowah Falls]] used to be called McCord Creek Falls.

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