Zigzag River
The Zigzag River is a tributary, about 12 miles long, of the Sandy River in the U.S. state of Oregon. The Zigzag and one of its major tributaries, the Little Zigzag River, drain the Zigzag Glacier on Mount Hood, a high volcanic peak in the Cascade Range.Photo: U.S. Forest Service- Pacific Northwest Region, Public domain.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in the United States of America
- Also known as: “Zig Zag River”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Hood National Forest Zigzag Ranger District Zigzag Ranger Station and Wildwood Recreation Site.
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.
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 2 miles west of Zigzag River.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Zigzag and Faubion.
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.
Faubion
Neighborhood
Faubion is an unincorporated community in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States. It is located about 2 miles northwest of Rhododendron, in the Mount Hood Corridor on a loop road off U.S. Route 26 near the Zigzag River.
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 River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Clackamas, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Welsh—“Zigzag River” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Zigzag”
- Cebuano: “Zigzag River (suba sa Tinipong Bansa)”
- Cebuano: “Zigzag River”
- Irish: “Abhainn Zigzag”
- Japanese: “ジグザグ川”
- Venetian: “Zigzag”
- Welsh: “Afon Zigzag”
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Localities in the Area
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