The Eagle Creek camp grounds are equipped 
with large numbers of well-made camp dining 
tables, camp-fire cooking stoves, and running 
water, which is piped from pure mountain streams 
and springs. Two comfort stations are equipped 
with modern sanitary conveniences. On Sun- 
days and holidays large numbers of people come 
by train and in automobiles to spend the week 
end in forest surroundings, where practically 
everything has been done to make forest camping 
as convenient as possible. The camp grounds 
are 44 miles from Portland and 22 miles from 
Hood River over the Columbia River highway. 
A hard macadam road turns right from the high- 
way east of the Eagle Creek bridge. This mac- 
adam road follows the east bank of Eagle Creek 
through the Eagle Creek camp grounds and makes 
a return loop through the forest, coming out 
again to the highway, descending the hill east of 
the automobile parking space. This automobile 
parking space on the camp grounds will accommo- 
date over 500 machines, and on Sundays during 
the height of the season is taxed to its capacity. 
The camp grounds within the road loop are 
used largely for picnic dinner parties. Tables 
are placed in the most suitable spots, shaded by 
large fir trees or by groves of alders growing near 
the cool waters of Eagle Creek. Water pipes are 
placed near the groups of tables, and camp cook- 
ing stoves are within convenient reach. A small 
camping space below and north of the Columbia 
River highway is provided for transient campers 
and automobile tourists who carry their own 
tents. Space for permanent summer tent camps 
is provided on the west bank of Eagle Creek 
about one-fourth mile from the highway over 
the Eagle Creek trail. City residents establish 
their summer camps in tents and live there for 
several weeks. Eagle Creek appeals to large 
numbers of people because the Forest Service has 
sought to protect and preserve the original 
natural environment, and has succeeded to a 
very large degree. 
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The Zig Zag River and Still Creek Camp 
Grounds. 
The Zig Zag River and Still Creek camp grounds 
are being developed on the Mount Hood loop 
road about 45 miles from Portland, in an environ- 
ment that is still largely in its original state 
of natural beauty. The camp-ground improve- 
ments are not so elaborate as on Eagle Creek. 
Those who wish to find a cool, shady retreat in 
the forest by the side of a mountain stream, how- 
ever, and who are content to rely largely upon 
themselves for the establishment of camp com- 
fort, will find the Zig Zag River and Still Creek 
camp grounds suited to their purpose. Thick 
groves of alder trees along the banks of the river 
and the creeks provide cool shade, and the beds of 
ferns and quantities of moss growing beneath 
the canopy of trees make a camp ground which 
is enchantingly green. There is fishing in the 
streams, and delightful forest walks can be taken 
over the neighboring forest trails. 
The trail going to the summit of Zig Zag 
Mountain is situated close to the camp grounds. 
Mail and supplies can be obtained at the Rowe 
post office, which is only a short distance from 
the camp grounds. During the summer months 
there is stage service to the camp grounds over 
the Mount Hood loop road. An excellent forest 
trail goes south and west from Welches, climbing 
Huckleberry Mountain—a point of great popular 
interest to summer visitors. A continuation of 
the same trail goes to Squaw Mountain. 
The Lost Lake Camp Grounds. 
The forest camp grounds at Lost Lake are as 
yet inaccessible to automobiles. The road to 
the lake will soon be completed, however, and the 
camp grounds will be open to automobile campers. 
Lost Lake is about 95 miles from Portland, Oreg., 
over the Columbia River highway to Hood River, 
and thence over Hood River Valley roads to Lost 
Lake. The road during the summer of 1919 was 
completed to within about 4 miles of the lake. 
