Guy W. Talbot State Park
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Guy W. Talbot State Park
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 Latourell Falls in Guy W. Talbot State Park |
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| location | Multnomah County in Oregon (USA) | |
| surface | 153 hectares | |
| Geographical location | 45 ° 32 ' N , 122 ° 14' W | |
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| administration | Oregon Parks and Recreation Dept. | |
The Guy W. Talbot State Park is a 153-hectare state park in Multnomah County in the US state of Oregon . The park is located on the Historic Columbia River Highway in the Columbia River Gorge . Since it is a little more remote, the park is rarely overcrowded. The main attraction is the Latourell Falls , a 75 m high waterfall of Latourell Creek, which falls in free fall over a moss-covered cliff. A 140 m long path leads from the parking lot to the foot of the falls. There is also a picnic area in the shade of old trees. The park is bordered by the George W. Joseph State Natural Area , and nearby are Rooster Rock State Park and Shepperd's Dell State Park .
Flora and fauna
The picnic area is lined with old specimens of Lawson's cypress , Douglas fir, and other trees. The cool spray of the waterfall causes hot fleabane , a type of flower in the aster family that otherwise only occurs in alpine regions, to grow on the rock .
history
According to a Native American legend , the beautiful wife of the coyote god Speelyai was turned into the waterfall when she tried to leave it. The land around the waterfall once belonged to Portland industrialist Guy Webster Talbot , who owned a summer home here. In 1929 he bequeathed the property to the state of Oregon. The Civilian Conservation Corps laid out the first paths in the park area between 1933 and 1935. The park was given its present size until 1984 through donations from Multnomah County and through purchases.
literature
- Jan Bannan: Oregon State Parks: A complete Recreation Guide. Seattle, Mountaineer Books, 2nd Edition 2002, ISBN 978-0-89886-794-7
Web links
- Oregon State Parks: Guy W. Talbot State Park
- Guy W. Talbot State Park in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System
Individual evidence
- ^ Judy Jewell, Moon Handbooks Oregon, Avalon Travel 2007, ISBN 978-1-56691-930-2 , p. 114
- ^ Land donations for state parks in Oregon. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on May 16, 2008 ; Retrieved April 2, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
