Summit of Angel's Rest Trail with Washington mountains across the Columbia River
Description
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) enrollees from Camp New Benson Park improved the Columbia River Gorge hike to Angel’s Rest in 1934-1935, This involved building bridges over streams as well as grooming the trail.
Angel’s Rest is one of the most popular hikes in the Columbia River Gorge Scenic area, considered by many a “must” for local hikers. In 1934, a reporter for Portland’s Oregon Journal stated: ” Perhaps the most beautiful hike out of Benson Park is the trail to Angel’s Rest, where at an elevation of 1600 feet one may see up and down the Columbia River Gorge for 50 miles.”
The main trail head is located near Bridal Veil but access to the trail is provided from Benson Park as well.
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Along Angel's Rest Trail
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Angel's Rest Trail with view of the Columbia River looking east
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Angel's Rest Trail with view of the Columbia River looking west
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Angel's Rest Trail with spring flowers
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Angel’s Rest Trail Mileage Sign from main parking lot
Angel's Rest Trail Mileage from main parki
Angel's Rest Trail Mileage Sign from main parking lot
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Stone Steps at Angel's Rest Trailhead
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Bridge over Creek on Angel’s Rest Trail – original bridge replaced by Boy Scouts
Bridge over Creek on Angel's Rest Trail
Bridge over Creek on Angel's Rest Trail - original bridge replaced by Boy Scouts
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Andesite Rock Pillars near the Summit of Angel's Rest Trail
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Winter Hike on Angel's Rest Trail
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Landscaping at the Angel's Rest Trailhead
Source notes
"Angel's Rest - Hike #415" US Forest Service Website. Viewed February 6, 2022. https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/crgnsa/recarea/?recid=29874
Great Columbia Highway Park System Nears Completion," Oregon Journal. September 9, 1934.
"New Trail Made to Angel's Rest on Gorge Route," Oregonian. May 31, 1936. p. 7.
Romano, Craig (2011) Day Hiking: Columbia River Gorge. Seattle WA: The Mountaineers Books. pp. 200-202.
Project originally submitted by Judith T Kenny on February 8, 2022.
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