Four and a Half Mile Bridge
From Portland Hikers Field Guide
- Hikes including this location:
- Eagle Creek to Tunnel Falls Hike (TH | <-- --> | LOG)
- Eagle Creek to Wahtum Lake Hike (TH | <-- --> | LOG)
- Eagle-Benson Loop Hike (TH | <-- --> | LOG)
- Tanner-Eagle Traverse Hike (TH | <-- --> | LOG)
- Latitude: 45.60026
- Longitude: -121.8779
- Maps: Portland Hikers Maps Google Earth
- Elevation: 715 feet
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Description
4 1/2 Mile Bridge is the second crossing of the creek on the Eagle Creek trail. Despite it's name, it is closer to four miles from the trailhead to this point. Eagle Creek Trailhead was originally at the campground, so in decades past, it was a longer hike. It is a popular rest stop for hikers heading out to Tunnel Falls or points beyond. It crosses a particularly accessible and deep portion of the creek, making it an obvious spot to take a dip on a hot day or to refill your water supply. There are several campsites up and down trail from this location, meaning campers can frequent this spot as a day-use area for both swimming and fishing.
In the Eagle Creek canyon there are waterfalls wherever you look and the area near 4 1/2 Mile Bridge is no exception. About 2/10 of a mile below the bridge, a side creek drops into Eagle Creek as Four Mile Falls. Just above the bridge another side creek forms Tenas Falls.
There is a campsite just beyond (south of) the bridge on the right hand side, with good water access and a great view of Tenas Falls.
Trip Reports
- Search Trip Reports for Eagle Creek
Related Discussions / Q&A
- Search Trail Q&A for Eagle Creek
Guidebooks that cover this destination
- Hiking Oregon's Geology, by Ellen Morris Bishop
- Day Hike! Columbia Gorge, by Seabury Blair, Jr.
- 60 Hikes within 60 miles of Portland, by Paul Gerald
- 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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