Welches
Welches is an unincorporated community in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States. It is located within the Mount Hood Corridor between Zigzag and Wemme along U.S. Route 26. It is one of the many communities that make up the Villages at Mount Hood.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village
- Description: unincorporated community in Oregon
- Also known as: “Welches, OR” and “Welches, Oregon”
- Postal code: 97067
Places of Interest
Highlights include Wildwood Recreation Site and Mount Hood National Forest Zigzag Ranger District Zigzag Ranger Station.
Wildwood Recreation Site
Nature reserve
Photo: EncMstr, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Wildwood Recreation Site is a natural recreation area surrounded by the Mount Hood National Forest in northern Oregon, United States. It encompasses 580 acres of old growth forest and five miles of interpretive trail along the Salmon River. Wildwood Recreation Site is situated 1½ miles northwest of Welches.
Mount Hood National Forest Zigzag Ranger District Zigzag Ranger Station
Photo: Werewombat, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Zigzag Ranger Station is a Forest Service compound consisting of twenty rustic buildings located in Oregon's Mount Hood National Forest. It was built as the administrative headquarters for the Zigzag Ranger District.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wemme and Zigzag.
Wemme
Hamlet
Photo: U.S. Forest Service- Pacific Northwest Region, Public domain.
Wemme is an unincorporated community in the northwest United States, located in Clackamas County, Oregon, east of Portland. It is located within the Mount Hood Corridor, between Welches and Brightwood along U.S. Route 26.
Zigzag
Hamlet
Photo: Kingofthedead, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Zigzag is an unincorporated community in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States. It is located within the Mount Hood Corridor, between Rhododendron and Welches on U.S. Route 26.
Wildwood
Neighborhood
Wildwood is an unincorporated community in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States. It is located in the Mount Hood Corridor about 2.5 miles southeast of Brightwood, along U.S. Route 26 near the Sandy River.
Welches
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Clackamas, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
45.3385° or 45° 20′ 19″ northLongitude
-121.9634° or 121° 57′ 48″ westElevation
1,309 feet (399 metres)Open location code
84QW82QP+CJOpenStreetMap ID
node 150971463OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From French to Volapük—“Welches” goes by many names.
- French: “Welches”
- Haitian: “Welches, Oregon”
- Haitian: “Welches”
- Hungarian: “Welches”
- Irish: “Welches”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Welches”
- Norwegian: “Welches”
- Persian: “ولچز، اورگن”
- Persian: “ولچز”
- South Azerbaijani: “ولچز، اورقن”
- Volapük: “Welches”
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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 “Welches”. Photo: Mat783, CC BY-SA 3.0.