The way points of this bicycle route:
Climbing to Crown Point begins here
Bathroom and water
Mini mart/grocery place here. Corbett place closes earlier, so this may be last stop for food. Check the hours.
Mini mart/grocery here. Last stop for food before Ainsworth State Park, unless you buy from the vendors at Mulntomah Falls.
All done climbing, and the best viewpoint looking East into the Gorge. Worth a stop.
also worth a stop for views west, east and into the historic building.
Have fun! Be careful.
Flat/rolling from now until Stevenson. Keep an eye out for Latourell Falls, Shepperd's Dell, Multnomah Falls, Oneonta gorge, Oneonta Tunnel, and Horsetail Falls.
Concessionaire/snacks here if it's still open, as well as a schmancy restaurant and bar in the lodge. Bathrooms & water.
Campground here including "Hiker"/biker sites (really walk in sites 20 feet from the cars, were full 7/2/09)
Bear right following signs for 84 east but instead of getting on Interstate, stay on the frontage Road
Unfortunately, you MUST get on I-84 here. There is no alternative. Get off at Exit 40!!
As of 7/3/09, the section crossing a river on a bridge was under construction with NO shoulder. A large sign warned "BIKES ON ROADWAY" but neverthless, you either have to take a 12" wide shoulder that is 6" of washboard, or take the lane on the Interstate. There is no way around it but to get across this bridge as FAST as possible.
Find the multi use path/old historic highway that fronts/parallels the Interstate until Bridge of the Gods. You will have to go up and down a flight of stairs at Eagle creek, with a wheel well along the edge.
Head up the ramp towards Bridge of the Gods
Take the lane, go plenty slow, enjoy the view. :)
Towards Stevenson/Carson
Grocery, mini mart, liquor store, brewery, restaurants, ice cream parlor, etc. This is the last place for things like hard liquor or loafs of French bread or good produce, before Trout Lake.
Heading East
Last stop for supplies/water until Husum. It gets hot here!
5 tunnels, each has a button about 100 yards ahead that you press to start the light flashing that warns drivers that a bicyclist is in the tunnel. Frightening when solo, but work well for leapfrogging (one person in back presses button, first person ahead presses next button)
Lots of wind/kite surfers around here.
Welcome to Bikely, take a step by step tour of this path:
Press Start Tour - then use the navigation buttons below to move along the path.
we did a 3.5-day bike tour of about 6000'+ elevation gain (total) and 155 miles. We had a friend pick us up back in Stevenson at Walking Man Brewery. You do not want to be biking west on highway 14 in the summer-headwinds galore. If you could add an extra day, you could camp at Paradise Creek on night 4 and bike all the way back to Portland/Gresham MAX the next day.
Day 1: bike over Crown Point to camp at Ainsworth State Park. Exciting things: Sandy River (swimming when it's hot enough), views at Historic Women's Forum and Crown Point, amazing waterfalls along the Historic Highway (Latourell, Shepperd's Dell, Multnomah, Horsetail falls)
Day 2: Bike through Gorge, turn north on 141 to Trout Lake. We intended to go further, to the forest service campground 5 miles away, but we were too wiped from the long day & climb, and enjoyed eating dinner in town and buying coffee and groceries before we left in the morning. Exciting sights: People selling smoked salmon at Cascade Locks, Stevenson (restaurants, ice cream, brewery, grocery), views of the gorge as you head east, 5 tunnels, the forest-meets-desert landscape when you turn north, the beautiful White Salmon river (stop at the park at BZ corner and awlk down to it), the scenic rolling farmlands around Trout Lake, Trout Lake (very small grocery, community hall, coffee shop, breakfast-lunch-dinner-pie restaurant).
Day 3: Trout Lake to Lower Falls Campground. Exciting sights: Beautiful views of Mt. Adams, tons of creeks and rivers when you get into the National Forest, waterfalls including Langfield Falls, really nice waterfalls at the campground as well as wading/swimming.
Day 4: Lower Falls Campground back to Stevenson. Exciting sights: riding through beauitful woods along the Lewis River valley, magnificent views of Mt. St. Helens, steep descent into Paradise Creek campground, rollers then downhill back to the Gorge.
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