Pacific Crest-Benson Way South Trail Junction
From Portland Hikers Field Guide
- Hikes including this location:
- Eagle-Benson Loop Hike (TH | <-- --> | LOG)
- Eagle Creek to Wahtum Lake Hike (TH | <-- --> | LOG)
- Wahtum Lake via Pacific Crest Trail Hike (TH | <-- --> | LOG)
- Wahtum Lake via Ruckel Creek Hike (TH | <-- --> | LOG)
- Latitude: 45.61890
- Longitude: -121.84336
- Maps: Portland Hikers Maps Google Earth
- Elevation: 4080 feet
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Description
This is a trail junction on the far southern end of the Benson Plateau. There are two routes northward, the Benson Way Trail that hugs the western edge of the Plateau and the Pacific Crest Trail which follows the eastern edge. To the south, the Crest Trail heads to Wahtum Lake and on to Mount Hood.
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Guidebooks that cover this destination
- Day Hike! Columbia Gorge, by Seabury 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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