5.8 hr
Overview
Crown Point is a cliff top viewpoint 730 feet above Mirror Lake and the Columbia River. The basalts here are from the Wanapum flow of 14.5 million years ago: this lava river essentially filled an old channel of the Columbia River. The pinnacle of Rooster Rock far below is the remains of a landslide that peeled off Crown Point's cliff face. Palisade Falls, visible from the bottomland below, waxes and wanes with rain volume: it can roar spectacularly in the wet season and yet be a wind-blown wisp in the summer. Views extend over 12 miles east one way and the other way to the western portal of the Gorge.
Trail Stats
23.3 km
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