Poetry Along the Columbia River Gorge

Map Directions to Poems and Artwork

Poetry Along the Columbia River Gorge

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Maps and Directions to Poetry and Artwork

Rest Room locations & Detailed I-84 Exits below

The Big Map of Poetry and Art
Two Poets are on Wyeth to Starvation Creek trail.
One Poet is on the  Hatfield Twin Tunnel trail.
One visual Artist is on the Hatfield Twin Tunnel trail.   

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Poems by Claudia Castro Luna & Kelly Lenox

Section 1: Wyeth to Starvation Creek Trail on the Car Free paved trail

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Under the canopy of trees

Poem of Claudia Castro Luna

Poem is under lush forest canopy leading to an overlook of the Columbia River and Wind Mountain.

Poem Starts  Poem reads from West to East from Wyeth

Western Exit:   Wyeth I-84 exit 51

Eastern Exit: Starvation I-84 exit 55 Beware exit 55 has no westard to Portland Return I-84 entrance. You must continue Eastward to the Viento exit I-84 exit 56 in order to return west to Portland direction.

Distance to Poem: Poems begins about 2.5 miles from western Wyeth Parking lot or about 2+ miles from eastern Mosier parking lot.

Notes: This route is fun to cycle-roll-walk as it tucks into the forest canopy and then on to viaducts overlooking the Columbia and Washington. Wind Mountain is your constant companion sentinel. After you arrive at Starvation Rock, you continue another two miles which has the sentinel of Mitchell Pt in the eastern turn of the River. The trail section to Mitchell is incomplete. Expectation of completion is by Autumn 2026.    



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 Poems of Kelly Lenox

Two Poems are intertwined with two intimate water falls. In the winter, there have been pika and mink along these falls.  

Poem Starts Poem reads from East to West from Starvation

 Eastern Exit: Starvation I-84 exit 55 Beware> exit 55 has no westward to Portland Return I-84 entrance. You must continue Eastward to the Viento I-84 exit 56 in order to return west to Portland direction. 

 Distance to Poem: Poems begins about 0.5 miles from Starvation parking lot or about 4.5 miles from western Wyeth parking lot. 

 Notes: This route is near the Starvation Creek parking lot. At the parking lot> you can head 50 yards east (or left) and see Starvation Creek on a paved path; you can head west (or right) to see Cabin Falls and Hole in the Wall Falls.





    Poem by Kara Brigg & Artwork by Speakthunder Berry

    Section 2: Hatfield Twin Tunnel Trail on the Car Free paved trail

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    Poems of Kara Briggs

    Two Poems are views seeing east and west of the mighty Columbia River Gorge scoured by the repeated Missoula Floods 15 to 30,000 years ago.

     Western Poem 1 Starts:  about 1.75 miles from the Hatfield West parking lot.

    Eastern Poem 2 Starts: about 1.5 miles from the Mosier-Hatfield East parking lot.

     Western Exit: Hood River I-84 64

     Eastern Exit: Hood River I-84 69

     Distance to Poem: Poem 1   begins about 1.75 miles from Hatfield West parking lot and Poem 2 is about 1.5 miles from Hatfield East parking lot. 

     Notes: This route welcomes the transition from Forest to the High Desert. The flowers that appear much of the year are unique and require different needs from high western drainage  & rainfall to the lower easter water fall along the Columbia.


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    Artwork of Speakthunder Berry

    Western Artwork spans   about 0.5 miles from the Mosier- Hatfield eastern parking to the eastern Twin Tunnels exit.

     Eastern Exit: Mosier 69

     Westrern Exit: Hood River I-84 69

     Distance to Artwork: Images begin about 0.5 miles from Mosier parking lot and continues west to the Eastern entrance of the Twin Tunnels another 0.50 miles.

     Notes: This route shows the dry eastern high desert penumbra. The large scree rains small rock from the 250 ft peak above the trail. This rock slide looks forbidding but is a step away from producing prolific native flowers including balsam root, lupine, fiddleneck and camas.

      Rest Rooms locations Below  

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      Wyeth State Park at the western trail head has two accessible restrooms

      Starvation Exit Parking Lot has two accessible restrooms

      Hatfield Western Trailhead parking lot has two accessible restrooms

      Hatfield Eastern Trailhead parking lot has two accessible restrooms

       



      Wyeth Creek Exit

       Poetry trail Begins and Goes East to Starvation Creek Falls 

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      Starvation Falls Exit

       Poetry trail Begins and Goes West to Wyeth Trailhead 

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      Hood River Exit To Western Mark O Hatfield trailhead

       Poetry trail Begins and Goes East to Hatfield Western trailhead at Mosier 

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      Hood River Exit To Eastern Mark O Hatfield trailhead

       Poetry trail Begins and Goes West to Hatfield Eastern trailhead at Hood River 

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