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Sandy River Delta

From Portland Hikers Field Guide

Looking across the Columbia River to Vancouver (Steve Hart)
Looking across the Columbia River to Vancouver (Steve Hart)
Mount Hood reflecting in a backwater (Steve Hart)
Mount Hood reflecting in a backwater (Steve Hart)
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  • Latitude: 45.56684
  • Longitude: -122.3922
  • Maps: Portland Hikers Maps Google Earth
  • Elevation: 10 feet

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Description

This is a site noted by Lewis and Clark, where they saw a river choked with sand entering the Columbia River from the south. Today, the Sandy River has pretty much flushed itself clean of the results of Mt. Hood's 1800 eruption. Still, there's a sandy beach, two wadeable rivers and a view to die for.

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Guidebooks that cover this destination

  • Afoot and Afield Portland/Vancouver, by Douglas Lorain
  • Columbia River Gorge, 42 Scenic Hikes, by Don & Roberta Lowe

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Portland Hikers Field Guide is built as a collaborative effort by its user community. While we make every effort to fact-check, information found here should be considered anecdotal. You should cross-check against other references before planning a hike. Trail routing and conditions are subject to change. Please contact us if you notice errors on this page.