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| | Maryhill State Park | | This is a 99-acre camping park with 4,700 feet of waterfront on the Columbia River in Klickitat County. The park has two boat ramps and 216 feet of dock for boat handling only. Maryhill State Park was acquired by lease from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1972 at no cost. Sam Hill, considered a local eccentric, built a "castle" for his daughter, Mary, on a hill, and named it "Maryhill." He designated the beautiful building, originally designed as a family home, as an art museum before the end of its construction. |
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| | Memaloose State Park | | This area is where the Chinook Indian tribes of the Columbia Gorge used to lay the bones of their dead on open pyres on Memaloose Island in the middle of the Columbia River near The Dallas. Today, Memaloose State Park is a virtual oasis of beauty in the hottest part of the Columbia River Gorge. On summer nights, families select prime viewing spots on the cool grass and open meadows around the campground and observe the nightly celestial performances of shooting stars, wandering satellites and far away galaxies. |
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| | White River Falls State Park | | is one of Oregon's secret hideaways and is located just east of Tygh Valley along Highway 216. The White River plunges 90 feet over a basalt shelf. A rugged quarter-mile trail takes hikers down deep within the canyon to the historic hydroelectric power plant at the base of the raw, churning power of the falls. The park is a popular picnicking, hiking and fishing retreat for visitors to the Deschutes River corridor. |
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