Crown Point
Crown Point is a basalt promontory on the Columbia River Gorge and an associated state park in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is located in eastern Multnomah County, approximately 15 miles east of Portland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Kkmd, Public domain.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 738 feet
- Description: basalt promontory in Oregon, USA
- Also known as: “Thor’s Crown” and “Thor’s Heights”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Vista House and Latourell Falls.
Vista House
Building
Photo: Chris[tmas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Vista House is a museum at Crown Point in Multnomah County, Oregon, that also serves as a memorial to Oregon pioneers and as a comfort station for travelers on the Historic Columbia River Highway.
Latourell Falls
Waterfall
Photo: Senapa, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Latourell Falls is a waterfall along the Columbia River Gorge in the U.S. state of Oregon, within Guy W. Talbot State Park. The Historic Columbia River Highway passes nearby, and at certain locations the Lower falls are visible from the road.
Chanticleer Point
Peak
Chanticleer Point is a geographical landmark on the Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge. It is the first notable overlook encountered traveling east on the Historic Columbia River Highway.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Latourell and Corbett.
Latourell
Hamlet
Latourell is an unincorporated community located in Multnomah County, Oregon, United States, on the Historic Columbia River Highway about eight miles east of Troutdale and 5.5 miles west of Multnomah Falls.
Corbett
Village
Photo: Werewombat, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Corbett is an unincorporated community on the Columbia River in eastern Multnomah County, Oregon, United States. It is located on the Historic Columbia River Highway between the Sandy River and Crown Point.
Bridal Veil
Hamlet
Photo: Huron Herbert Smith, No restrictions.
Bridal Veil is a virtual ghost town located in Multnomah County, Oregon, United States. It was established in the 1880s during a logging boom by a logging company as it harvested timber on nearby Larch Mountain to be a company mill town around a sawmill.
Crown Point
- Categories: promontory and landform
- Location: Multnomah, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
45.53991° or 45° 32′ 24″ northLongitude
-122.24434° or 122° 14′ 40″ westElevation
738 feet (225 metres)Open location code
84QVGQQ4+X7OpenStreetMap ID
node 357308517OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Japanese—“Crown Point” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Crown Point”
- Dutch: “Crown Point (Oregon)”
- Dutch: “Crown Point”
- French: “Crown Point (Oregon)”
- French: “Crown Point”
- German: “Crown Point (Klippe)”
- German: “Crown Point State Scenic Corridor”
- German: “Vista House”
- Japanese: “クラウン・ポイント”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Crown Point”. Photo: Kkmd, Public domain.