Rooster Rock State Park
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Rooster Rock State Park
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| location | Multnomah County in Oregon (USA) | |
| surface | 353 ha | |
| Geographical location | 45 ° 20 ' N , 122 ° 8' W | |
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| administration | Oregon Parks and Recreation Dept. | |
The Rooster Rock State Park is a State Park in Multnomah County in the US state of Oregon . The park is located below the viewpoint Crown Point , in close proximity to the Historic Columbia River Highway of Guy W. Talbot State Park and the Shepperd's Dell .
geography
The 353-acre park consists of a nearly 3-mile (3-mile) strip of bank along the Columbia River . In front of the park is the island of Sand Island . At the western end is the eponymous Rooster Rock , a 60 m high columnar basalt tower . The isolated Rooster Rock probably comes from a landslide from the mountain west of Crown Point, where the edge of the break can still be recognized today. Because the rock is made of very hard rock, it resisted erosion and weathering and is still standing today.
Tourist facilities
The park is a popular day trip destination, the visit is chargeable. The park has two beaches, it is known for the nudist beach to the east . There are also picnic areas and two disc golf courses. The park has a boat ramp and there is the opportunity to fish for perch, pikeperch and rainbow trout. The park is popular with windsurfers, the speed of the often easterly wind due to the Columbia River Gorge is often 40 to 65 km / h. In winter, wind speeds of 177 km / h were measured at Rooster Rock. At the eastern end of the park, the 3 km long Volkswalk Trail begins along the Columbia River , which is lined with mighty oak and maple trees.
history
The Lewis and Clark Expedition camped at Rooster Rock from October 31 to November 2, 1805. In the Chinook language , the monolith was called iwash , which means penis, because of its phallus shape . The rock was called Cock Rock by the pioneers of the 19th century . Since this slang term for penis also means cock , the rock was later renamed Rooster Rock after another word for cock. The park area was acquired by private landowners between 1937 and 1985 to give the population free access to the riverbank, but it was not until the construction of Interstate 84 in the 1950s that the park was made possible.
literature
- Jan Bannan: Oregon State Parks. A complete Recreation Guide. Seattle, Mountaineers Books, 2nd Edition 2002, ISBN 978-0-89886-794-7
Web links
- Oregon State Parks: Rooster Rock State Park
- Rooster Rock State Park on the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System
Individual evidence
- ^ Ron Suchanek: The Columbia River Gorge: the Story of the River and the Rocks, p. 198. (PDF; 3.6 MB) Retrieved August 19, 2011 .
- ↑ ORCOBA: Rooster Rock State Park. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on July 27, 2011 ; Retrieved August 19, 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.
- ^ Public Lands Information Center: Rooster Rock State Park. Retrieved August 19, 2011 .
- ^ Bill Gulick: Sixty-four years as a writer. Caldwell, Idaho: Caxton Press, 2006, p. 102
