Eagle Creek Trail - GPS coordinates
Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area

One of several falls at Eagle Creek State Park.

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Eagle Creek is one of my all-time favorites, because there is plenty of shade, even in the summer. The trail follows Eagle Creek most of the way, and water can be heard during most of the hike. This favorite is found on my Oregon Hiking trail index page.

Hikers can go 3 miles, 5 miles or 7 miles. Take your pick of distance, and you will still see nice scenery and at least one waterfall.

Here are GPS coordinates. With Google Earth, enter these in the search window, enter, then zoom-in:

45.621183, -121.893325 for Punch Bowl Falls up the trail
45.639493, -121.931875 approximate location to exit off Hy. I-84 for parking.

Click one of these for the Punch Bowl Falls

Eagle Creek trail is in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic area. Drive east on Interstate 84, exit at the Eagle Creek exit, one mile past the Bonneville Dam exit. It is immediately after a small tunnel. Immediately. Slow down a bit even before exiting the tunnel. You don't want to pass this exit.

The parking area is only accessible to eastbound traffic. If you are coming west from the east, you need to exit at Bonneville Dam and head east again.

At about 1.7 miles up Eagle Creek hiking trail, the Lower Punch Bowl Trail branches off to the right (down to the right) to the rocky beach between Punch Bowl and Lower Punch Bowl Falls.

Other falls and little canyons are farther up the trail. If you are a photographer, bring plenty of film, batteries or memory cards. If there is a hike in Oregon where you will want photography equipment, it's this one.

If you don't want to hike up the trail, or just want to entertain younger children for the day, there is plenty of space to play by the creek and tinker with rock near the picnic area

There is a little bit of something for almost everybody. People of all ages hike up the trail. I've passed senior citizen hiking groups before and they seemed to move along just as well as anybody, if not better.

I recommend the 1 hour trail up Beacon Rock on the Washington side of the Columbia River if you only hike 2 or 3 miles at Eagle Creek trail. The view from Beacon Rock is spectacular.

You should be able to see it from the Hy. near Eagle Creek. From Eagle Creek, you need to go about 2 miles to Cascade Locks and cross the Bridge of the Gods to Washington; then drive a few miles west to Beacon Rock. If the temperature is under 75 degrees, tie a windbreaker or sweater to your waist.

Don't forget to check out other waterfalls in the area, like Multnomah Falls near the old scenic Columbia River Highway. Search for information on the Vista House too, between Eagle Creek trail and Portland.

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