Rowena Pond
From Oregon Hikers Field Guide
- Hikes including this location:
- Rowena Plateau Hike (TH | <— —> | LOG)
- Weather forecast: NWS/NOAA
- Maps: Oregon Hikers Maps Google Maps
- Latitude, Longitude: 45.68721, -121.30307
- Elevation: 590 feet
Description
Rowena Pond is the first of two ponds on the Rowena Plateau Trail. Most of the pond is blocked by an impenetrable mass of poison oak, but there's a narrow use path from the main trail to the edge of the pond. There's a wider open area on the east side of the pond. To get there, walk around the far (north) side of the pond to a small rocky shoreline.
The pond blooms with yellow pond lilies all summer, and it's a great place to see waterfowl, as well. The two kolk ponds on the plateau were created when the massive and repeated deluges of the Missoula Floods created raging tornado-like systems underwater which gouged the depressions that later filled with rain water.
More Links
- Mayer State Park (Oregon State Parks)
- Tom McCall Preserve at Rowena (Nature Conservancy)
- "Missoula Floods" (The Columbia River: A Photographic Journey)
Contributors
- jeffstatt (creator)