Mount Hood National Forest

Mount Hood National Forest was first established as the Cascade Range Forest Reserve in 1893. It was then divided into several National Forests in 1908, when the northern portion was merged with the Bull Run Reserve and named Oregon National Forest. The name was changed again to Mount Hood National Forest in 1924.

The Mount Hood National Forest is located 20 miles (32 km) east of the city of Portland, Oregon, and the northern Willamette River valley. The Forest extends south from the Columbia River Gorge across more than 60 miles (97 km) of forested mountains, lakes and streams to the Olallie Scenic Area, a high lake basin under the slopes of Mount Jefferson.

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