Hood River

Hood River (HM25FI)

Location: Hood River, OR 97031 Hood River County
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Country: United States of America
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N 45° 42.88', W 121° 30.376'

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From Steamboats to Sailboards

Gale-force winds bedeviled explorers and emigrants alike in the Columbia River Gorge.
Journals from the 1800s depict travel as treacherous through this singular passage in the Cascade Range where 60 mile-per-hour gusts are common.


By the 1880s, steamboats and a new railroad linked Hood River with communities to the east and west.
Spectacular scenery and a dryer climate made this blustery place a popular escape from the dampness and drizzle of western Oregon.
When the Historic Columbia River Highway reached Hood River in 1916, Portlanders flocked to this hamlet in their Model Ts.

Today, the same conditions that created dry, breezy appeal at the turn of the century offer perfect conditions for windsurfing.
Many visitors now come to Hood River just to glimpse "boardheads" engaged in this colorful sport.
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HM NumberHM25FI
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Date Added Sunday, February 11th, 2018 at 10:01am PST -08:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)10T E 616256 N 5063430
Decimal Degrees45.71466667, -121.50626667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 45° 42.88', W 121° 30.376'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds45° 42' 52.8" N, 121° 30' 22.56" W
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Area Code(s)541
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 700 E Port Marina Dr, Hood River OR 97031, US
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