Nesmith Point

Nesmith Point
Nesmith Point is located in Oregon
Nesmith Point
Nesmith Point
Location of Nesmith Point in Oregon
Highest point
Elevation3,848 ft (1,173 m)[1]
Prominence312 ft (95 m)[2]
Coordinates45°35′16″N 122°00′25″W / 45.5878599°N 122.0070763°W / 45.5878599; -122.0070763[1]
Naming
EtymologyNamed for James Nesmith[3]
Geography
LocationMultnomah County, Oregon
Parent rangeCascade Range
Topo mapMultnomah Falls
Geology
Rock agePleistocene
Volcano
Rock typeBasalt
Volcanic fieldBoring Lava Field

Nesmith Point is a peak in Multnomah County, Oregon, on the edge of the Columbia River Gorge. Its 3,848 feet (1,173 m) elevation[1] makes it the highest point on the lip of the Gorge. It is located in a remote area of the Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness, a wilderness area within the Mount Hood National Forest, on the boundary of the Bull Run Watershed. A representative of the Boring Lava Field,[4] the point was formed approximately one million years ago. The current appearance of the point is a result of the Missoula Floods, which sheared away the north face of the former mountain.

A fire lookout was previously located at the top of Nesmith Point but has been destroyed. The only road access to Nesmith Point is on forest roads through the closed Bull Run Watershed Management Area, and it is thus only legally accessible by trail. The Nesmith Point Trail #428 ascends to the peak from an Interstate 84 frontage road by climbing the walls of the Gorge through a box canyon.[5] The Horsetail Creek Trail #425[6] and the Moffett Creek Trail #430[7] provide alternate routes to Nesmith Point from the west and east respectively, and connect to the rest of the Gorge's trail network.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Nesmith Point". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved January 20, 2019.
  2. ^ "Nesmith Point, Oregon". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
  3. ^ McArthur, Lewis A. (2003). Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, OR. p. 698. ISBN 0-87595-277-1.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ^ Allen, John Eliot (September 1975). "Volcanoes of the Portland Area, Oregon" (PDF). The Ore Bin. 37 (9). State of Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries.
  5. ^ "Nesmith Point Trail #428". United States Forest Service. Retrieved January 20, 2019.
  6. ^ "Horsetail Creek Trail #425". United States Forest Service. Retrieved January 20, 2019.
  7. ^ "Moffett Creek Trail #430". United States Forest Service. Retrieved January 20, 2019.

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