Blue Lakes

Blue Lakes is a lake in Skamania, Washington. Blue Lakes is situated nearby to the locality Fort Rains, as well as near Moffetts Hot Springs.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bridge of the Gods and Bonneville Dam Historic District.

Bridge of the Gods

Bridge

Photo: Cacophony, CC BY 2.5.

The Bridge of the Gods is a steel truss cantilever bridge that spans the Columbia River between Cascade Locks, Oregon, and Washington state near Stevenson. Bridge of the Gods is situated 1½ miles southeast of Blue Lakes.

Bonneville Dam Historic District

Protected area

Photo: Marshman, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Bonneville Dam Historic District is a protected area, which is situated 2½ miles south of Blue Lakes.

Bonneville Lock and Dam consists of several run-of-the-river dam structures that together complete a span of the Columbia River between the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington at River Mile 146.1. Bonneville Dam is situated 2 miles south of Blue Lakes.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cascade Locks and Stevenson.

Cascade Locks

Cascade Locks is a city in Hood River County, Oregon, United States. As of the 2020 census, Cascade Locks had a population of 1,379. Cascade Locks is just upstream from the Bridge of the Gods, a toll bridge that spans the Columbia River.

Stevenson

Photo: Chris Light, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Stevenson is a city in southwest Washington, in the Columbia Gorge. It is the capital of Skamania County.

Bonneville

Hamlet

Photo: Tedder, CC BY 3.0.

Bonneville is an unincorporated community in Multnomah County, Oregon, United States, on Interstate 84 and the Columbia River. Bonneville is best known as the site of Bonneville Dam. North Bonneville, Washington is across the river. Bonneville is situated 3 miles south of Blue Lakes.

Blue Lakes

Type: Lake
Category: body of water
Location: Skamania, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

45.67367° or 45° 40′ 25″ north

Longitude

-121.93198° or 121° 55′ 55″ west

Elevation

367 feet (112 metres)

Open location code

84QWM3F9+F6

GeoNames ID

5787616

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