RHH's photos with the keyword: old highway 30

This view of the Columbia River Gorge looks east and is from Vista House, a visitors' center on Old Highway 30. One of the other photos shows Vista House.

This is Vista House, a visitors' center on Old Highway 30 in Oregon in the Columbia River Gorge. It is at Crown Point and was built in 1918 as a rest stop along the highway.

The Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge west of Portland is a land of waterfalls and Old Highway 30 follows the waterfall route. When we were there recently we stopped at only two of the falls, this one and Multnomah Falls. The crowds were more than we wanted to deal with and so we went on to the Oregon coast after only a few hours.

After doing some hiking on the Washington side of the Columbia River Gorge we crossed at Bridge of the Gods to the Oregon side intending to visit the waterfalls along Old Highway 30, a very scenic area of the gorge. We found, however, that part of the highway was still closed as a result of the 2017 wildfires there, and that what was open was very busy. We ended up visiting only two of the waterfalls and then driving on to the Oregon coast. Multnomah Falls is 620 ft (189 m) in height, the highest falls in Oregon. It is one of the most visited areas in the USA and worth a visit in spite of the number of tourists. The bridge visible in the photo can be reached by a footpath that continues up to the top of the falls, but that part of the path was closed when we visited.

This is the Columbia River gorge from Crown Point, one of the viewpoints along Old Highway 30 in Oregon. Visible on the right is Vista House, another viewpoint and a visitors' center.

While we were at Multnomah Falls this little Hummingbird was having difficulty flying. When I finally cornered him, I discovered that his feet were tangled in what appeared to be some long human hairs. After untangling him and taking his photo we let him go, hoping he survived though he seemed a bit weak and disoriented.

Along Old Highway 30 west of Portland in the Columbia River gorge are a series of beautiful waterfalls. Multnomah Falls are the highest, best known and most popular or them all, but the other falls are equally beautiful in their own way. These falls are our favorite after Multnomah and are certainly well named. ronaldhanko-orchidhunter.blogspot.com/2013/08/columbia-river-gorge.html

This is an older picture taken from Vista House near the top of the Columbia River gorge looking west as the sun went down. ronaldhanko-orchidhunter.blogspot.com/2011/07/hiking-in-columbia-gorge.html