Our final hike of the day was to Rodney Falls and the Pool of the Winds on Hamilton Mountain at Beacon Rock State Park on the Washington side of the Columbia River.
This is a 2.5 mile round trip hike with 440 ft of elevation gain. We were glad most of this hike was in the shade of the forest on this hot spring day.
We hiked straight up to the viewing area at the Pool of the Winds. Rodney Falls has a 50 ft droop into a pool before continuing down the cliffside. We were thankful for the spray and breeze that came down through this rocky channel.
A vertical pano of the Pool of the Winds.
Hardy Creek flowing downhill from the Pool of the Winds.
Vertical pano of Rodney Falls from the bridge over the middle section of Rodney Falls
On our way back down the trail, we took the short spur to Hardy Falls, it has a 90 ft drop, the trees obscure the view of the bottom of the falls.
There were several small streams cascading down alongside of the the trail.
Some of the wildflowers we saw in bloom today:
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