Seneca Fouts Memorial State Natural Area, State natural area in Columbia River Gorge, Oregon, United States.
Seneca Fouts Memorial State Natural Area is a state park in northern Hood River County, Oregon, just west of the city of Hood River. It lies in the Columbia River Gorge, beside an abandoned section of the Historic Columbia River Highway, and is one of three parks around Mitchell Point with Vinzenz Lausmann and Wygant.
Seneca Fouts Memorial State Natural Area is one of three state parks around Mitchell Point, alongside Vinzenz Lausmann and Wygant. It lies next to an abandoned section of the Historic Columbia River Highway and within the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, administered by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department.
The park takes its name from Seneca Fouts, a conservationist who worked to protect the Columbia River Gorge. It is one of three natural areas around Mitchell Point, together with Vinzenz Lausmann and Wygant, and visitors can still walk the abandoned section of the Historic Columbia River Highway beside it.
The park sits just west of Hood River, next to an abandoned section of the Historic Columbia River Highway, and is reached from that old road corridor rather than a through highway. Trails connect it with Vinzenz Lausmann and Wygant state natural areas, so plan a route that matches the time you have.
The park is one of three protected areas around Mitchell Point, together with Vinzenz Lausmann and Wygant state natural areas. It borders an abandoned stretch of the Historic Columbia River Highway, and the whole site lies inside the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area.
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