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template: byway.jade
id: "61400"
name: Mt. Hood Scenic Byway
distance: "105"
duration: 3 hours to drive or 8 hours to experience the byway.
description: "On this byway, volcanoes once erupted and mammoth floods scoured deep gorges. Discover geologic wonders, waterfalls, temperate rain forests and wild rivers. Explore pastoral valleys with farm-fresh produce. Experience the formidable last leg of the Oregon Trail, the Barlow Road. Enjoy this bountiful wonderland that the pioneers called \"paradise.\""
contact: "**Hood River Chamber of Commerce**  \r\n 800-366-3530  \r\n [Send E-mail](mailto:info@hoodriver.org )  \r\n\r\n**Oregon's Mt. Hood Territory - Mt. Hood Visitor Information Center**  \r\n 888-622-3002 \r\n [Send E-mail](mailto:info@mthoodterritory.com )  \r\n\r\n**West Columbia Gorge Chamber of Commerce**  \r\n 503-669-7473  \r\n [Send E-mail](mailto:info@westcolumbiagorgechamber.com )  \r\n\r\n"
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websites: 
  - url: "http://www.hoodriver.org/"
    name: Hood River County Chamber of Commerce
  - url: "http://www.fs.usda.gov/mthood/"
    name: Mt. Hood National Forest
  - url: "http://traveloregon.com/trip-ideas/scenic-byways/mt-hood-scenic-byway/"
    name: Mt. Hood Scenic Byway
  - url: "http://www.traveloregon.com/"
    name: Travel Oregon Online
designations: 
  - National Scenic Byway
  - Oregon State Scenic Byway
states: 
  - OR
ll: 
  - -122.37728900028696
  - 45.53818099985341
bounds: 
  - - -122.41858699998988
    - 45.282920999704515
  - - -121.50154099991704
    - 45.707500000125094

---

On this byway volcanoes once erupted and mammoth floods scoured deep gorges. Discover geologic wonders, waterfalls, temperate rain forests and wild rivers. Explore pastoral valleys with farm-fresh produce. Experience the formidable last leg of the Oregon Trail, the Barlow Road. Enjoy this bountiful wonderland that the pioneers called "paradise."