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Backpacker Magazine Portland: Rooster Rock 

This 3.9-mile loop provides a quick escape from the city, offering miles of sandy shoreline, wooded trails, and magnificent vistas.


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Author: Backpacker Magazine
Date: 15 Jun 2007 12:03:20 PM
Activity: Hiking
State: Oregon (OR)
Distance: 2.64 mi  (Change units)
Survey Elevation: Total Gain: 528 ft
Total Loss: 559 ft
Net Change: -31 ft
Difficulty: 4 / 10
Tags: Portland, Oregon, Corbett
Rating: Unrated   Rate it

Mapped by Joe Kurmaskie

TO TRAILHEAD: I-84 E to exit 25 (Rooster Rock State Park). Turn L after pay station; drive through long parking lot and park near boat ramp.

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RRT01

Distance: 2.03 mi Points: 168
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Rooster Rock Track 1

RRT02

Distance: 0.61 mi Points: 59
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Rooster Rock Track 2

Points of Interest

RRT001

Location: 45.544651, -122.248749
Hike onto the boardwalk jutting out into the lagoon for a full view of Rooster Rock, a large column of basalt closed to climbing. Next, turn R and cross wide meadow

RRT002

Location: 45.546932, -122.236298
Pick up trail across road from ranger station (sign @ trailhead marks spot)

RRT003

Location: 45.547451, -122.229446
Trail fans into three directions. Take middle trail into forest

RRT004

Location: 45.547798, -122.227547
Path climbs into old stand of oaks, maples, alders. Lots of moss, too. Below to L, see Columbia River, white beaches

RRT005

Location: 45.548466, -122.224800
Quick climb to high rock bench. First vista (500 ft. above river), picnic spots

RRT006

Location: 45.548901, -122.222664
R @ Y; fern forest and canyon walls on R

RRT007

Location: 45.549500, -122.218033
Turn R @ T. Blackberries crowd the edges of the trail as it works its way toward the sandy beach. Trees grow shorter and terrain transitions to swordgrass meadow

RRT008

Location: 45.550098, -122.211548
Pass young bamboo forest before reaching endpoint @ water's edge. Try to spot Sand Island and Beacon Rock. Retrace steps .2 mi. to take beach route back

RRT009

Location: 45.549732, -122.216385
Keep R to stay along beach. Windsurfers glide over choppy whitecaps in gorge. Note: Part of this beach is clothing-optional

RRT010

Location: 45.548199, -122.228554
Veer L and then rejoin trail near WPT 4. Backtrack to car

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