Drive 40 miles along the Historic Columbia River Highway through the most concentrated collection of waterfalls in North America. The gorge was carved by the Columbia River and catastrophically reshaped by the Missoula Floods — the largest floods in geological history — which blasted through basalt cliffs to create the thousand-foot walls and plunging cascades you'll see today.

Stops on This Tour (8)

1. 1
   Historic Columbia River Highway — Troutdale Starting point of America's first scenic roadway
2. 2
   Portland Women's Forum Viewpoint Classic panoramic overlook of Crown Point and the gorge
3. 3
   Crown Point — Vista House The 1917 observatory 733 feet above the Columbia River
4. 4
   Latourell Falls 249-foot plunge waterfall over columnar basalt
5. 5
   Bridal Veil Falls Two-tier 120-foot cascade through a mossy basalt grotto
6. 6
   Wahkeena Falls 242-foot tiered cascade — "most beautiful" in Yakama
7. 7
   Multnomah Falls Oregon's tallest waterfall at 620 feet — two million visitors annually
8. 8
   Bonneville Dam First federal dam on the Columbia River, built as a New Deal project

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