• Start point: Eagle Creek Trailhead
• End point: Wauna Viewpoint
• Trail Log: Trail Log
• Hike Type: Out and Back
• Distance: 3.6 miles round trip
• Elevation gain: 1050 feet
• Difficulty: Moderate
• Seasons: Year round
• Family Friendly: Maybe
• Backpackable: No
• Crowded: No

Hike Description

Suspension bridge over Eagle Creek near the beginning of the Wauna Viewpoint Hike

This is a two mile hike to a 1000 foot viewpoint beneath the powerlines.

This hike starts at the Eagle Creek Trailhead, but not on Eagle Creek Trail. Start west on Gorge Trail #400. The trailhead will be easy to spot as there's a 100 foot long suspension bridge for hikers only. Cross the bridge and turn right at the other end. You'll hike up some swutchbacks, passed a fenced overview of Bonneville Dam to a trail junction with Wauna Viewpoint Trail #402.

Turn left at the stone marker sign and head up steeper switchbacks to the summit. This area was burned by a forest fire in the 1990s. That has opened up a lot of views. On the other hand with all the new light, many view plants have taken hold, including poison oak. The trail is wide enough to avoid it, but you'll want to stay out of the bushes. The top is marred by powerlines towers, but the views from Bridge of the Gods to Beacon Rock are superb.

Please note Wauna Viewpoint is different than the much higher and more difficult Wauna Point.

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Fees, Regulations, etc.

• Northwest Forest Pass required at trailhead

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Guidebooks that cover this hike

• 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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