Mount Hood Wilderness
The Mount Hood Wilderness is a protected wilderness area inside the Mount Hood National Forest, in the U.S. state of Oregon. The area, covering 64,742 acres, includes the peak of Mount Hood and its upper slopes, and ranges from temperate rain forests at the lower elevations, to glaciers and rocky ridges at higher elevations.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Reserve
- Description: protected area
- Also known as: “Mount Hood Primitive Area”, “Mount Hood Wild Area”, and “Mount Hood Wilderness Area”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Hood and Zigzag Glacier.
Mount Hood
Photo: Kamalavenkatesh, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mount Hood is the highest mountain in the state of Oregon and a major outdoor recreation site in the Pacific Northwest. Located about 50 miles east-southeast of Portland, the mountain is visible from the city on clear days and usually forms the backdrop for the Portland skyline in postcards and photographs of the city.
Zigzag Glacier
Glacier
Zigzag Glacier is an alpine glacier located on the upper southwest slopes of Mount Hood in the U.S. state of Oregon. It ranges in elevation from 10,200 to 7,200 feet with fingers in canyons extending to about 6,400 feet, and lies almost entirely within Mount Hood Wilderness.
Palmer Glacier
Glacier
Photo: Wahkeenah, Public domain.
Palmer Glacier is an extinct glacier on the south slopes of Mount Hood in the U.S. state of Oregon. With glacial ice movement having stopped in the mid-1980s, it is now considered a snowfield rather than an active glacier.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Government Camp.
Government Camp
Photo: Another Believer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Government Camp is an unincorporated community and census-designated place located in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States, on the base of Mount Hood and north of Tom Dick and Harry Mountain.
Mount Hood Wilderness
- Category: US Wilderness Area
- Location: Clackamas, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
Discover Mount Hood Wilderness from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From French to Persian—“Mount Hood Wilderness” goes by many names.
- French: “Réserve intégrale du Mont Hood”
- German: “Mount Hood Wilderness”
- Persian: “کوه هود وایلدرنس”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Zigzag Ranger District and Cloud Cap-Tilly Jane Historic Area.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mississippi Head and Reid Glacier.
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