Oregon Trail 25: Fort Dalles Museum - Bridge of the Gods - Fort Vancouver National Historic Site
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 87.13 mi
- Elevation gain
- 1,926 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 2,149 ft
- Max elevation
- 379 ft
- TrailRank
- 27
- Min elevation
- 9 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Time
- 2 hours 31 minutes
- Coordinates
- 3092
- Uploaded
- April 15, 2020
- Recorded
- April 2020
near The Dalles, Oregon (United States)
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Itinerary description
Standing on the Bridge of the Gods, above the center of the Columbia River in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, I found a view that matched the last destination depicted in The Oregon Trail video game: the Willamette Valley. There was just a little more distance yet to cover as part of the Oregon National Historic Trail, so I returned to my vehicle and continued to Fort Vancouver National Historic Site. Although not featured in The Oregon Trail video game, Fort Vancouver was still on the Oregon Trail, near its conclusion in the Willamette Valley.
Fort Vancouver National Historic Site features recreations of the original structures, which burned down in 1866. But since there is no correlating screenshot from the game to compare to either the original or the recreated buildings, I did not research paintings or drawings that captured the site at the time when the Oregon Trail saw use. Instead, the recreated bastion and the garden are pictured.
Fort Vancouver National Historic Site features recreations of the original structures, which burned down in 1866. But since there is no correlating screenshot from the game to compare to either the original or the recreated buildings, I did not research paintings or drawings that captured the site at the time when the Oregon Trail saw use. Instead, the recreated bastion and the garden are pictured.
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