Cascade Locks Segment
The Cascade Locks segment of the Historic Columbia Gorge Highway State Trail begins at John B. Yeon State Park and ends at the Bridge of the Gods, with additional trailheads at Toothrock and Eagle Creek.
John B. Yeon State Park Trailhead
The new McCord Creek bridge
Bridges and guardrails have been recreated in the style of the originals.
This section of the trail passes under the freeway three times.
On the north side of the freeway, you get closer to the river.
View near Tooth Rock
The trail gets steeper at the Eagle Creek trailhead.
Underpass at the Bridge of the Gods Trailhead
and the Bridge of the Gods
The new structure was named after the original Bridge of the Gods, a natural dam created by the Bonneville Slide that blocked the Columbia River here around 1450 A.D. The natural bridge was eventually eroded by the river, but the events were retold for generations by the local Native American tribes.