The Mt Hood Scenic Byway (eastern route to Portland)
If you are located to the northeast of Eugene, Oregon, the Mt. Hood Scenic Byway is a National Scenic Byway in Oregon that loops around the south side of Mount Hood. It's a scenic drive that showcases the Pacific Northwest's diverse landscapes, including rainforests, orchards, and the Cascade Range uplands. With a drive time of three-four hours, there are few more iconic symbols of Oregon than Mt. Hood, the state’s highest point at 11,245 feet/3,427 meters and the fourth highest peak in the entire Cascade Mountain Range. Known as Wy’east to the native Multnomah people, it is a dormant stratovolcano that last erupted in the 1780s; just a decade later, British navy explorers spotted it from the Columbia River and named it after a British admiral. Twelve glaciers surround Hood’s pyramidal summit, a peak of incomparable alpine beauty that graces the horizon from Portland to beyond The Dalles. This route provides Hood views like no other as it arcs around the mountain’s base. From Hood River, the byway leads south on OR-35 through the broad Hood River Valley along part of the Hood River County Fruit Loop. The route ends up east of Portland, in the small town of Sandy, via OR Highway 26, which continues its way into Portland.
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