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    Scappoose Bay is a wetland's watershed area rich in Chinook and early trapper history. It has been a home to many businesses since the Lewis and Clark days. Now it is the premier place to paddle in Oregon! Scappoose Bay Kayaking offers a variety of tours including an Nocturnal Paddle. Three and four hour tours include paddling into the north end of Sauvie Island, Warrior Rock Lighthouse and wetland tours in the bay. View eagles, osprey, heron, egret,turtles, beaver and river otter as well as migratory waterfowl.

  • Vernonia Mountain Bike Skills Park

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    Located in a park that once contained the world's largest covered lumber mill, the Vernonia Mountain Bike Skills Park emphasizes progression and a family-friendly environment. The park has connectivity to the Banks-Vernonia and Crown Zellerbach Trails and is adjacent to a primitive campground and down a trail from an RV campground. There are B&Bs close by as well.

  • Fish the Majestic Columbia

    52lbs Columbia River Fall Chinook

    Minutes from Portland, over sixty miles of the world famous Columbia River shape Columbia County. The Columbia River offers a unique opportunity to fish year round. Well over a million salmon and steelhead enter the Columbia River to journey upstream to their natal rivers, annually. Sturgeon, a prehistoric fish reaching lengths of 10 feet, also inhabit the Columbia River.

    Fish for salmon, steelhead, and sturgeon in this majestic river with local Captain Dan Porter, a full time river guide.

  • Stone Road Loop

  • Scenic Tours & Aerobatic Flights

    1942 Stearman Bi-Plane

    Fly in an open cockpit biplane.

    Give yourself, a friend or loved one a memory that will last a lifetime. Feel the air surrounding you with sounds of a 7 cylinder radial engine pulling you through the skies, reliving those wondrous days of early avaition. Flying so slowly over the beautiful Oregon countryside that the sights below can be seen in detail, then crossing the Columbia River and seeing the wondrous power of mother nature and what she has done to Mt. St. Helens.

  • All about Geocaching

    Geocaching

    Geocaching is the latest techie craze. You will be thrilled with the hunt and intrigued by the Travel bugs. Believe it or not there are over 500 Geocaching sites in the Columbia County. Stay with us at Scappoose Creek Inn to explore the county's bounty of caches. See our Packages...... Come spend 2-nights and we will give you a packed lunch for 2 to take on your trek. No Special Rates apply with this package - the lunch IS your Special. Visit us at www.scappoosecreekinn.com

  • 30 Summer Birds to see on Highway 30

    1. Mountain Quail
    2. Pied-billed Grebe
    3. Green Heron
    4. Turkey Vulture
    5. Band-tailed Pigeon

  • Vernonia Lake

    ADA accessible docks, restrooms, concessions, paved 1 mile trail around entire lake that connects to Banks Vernonia State Park trail via Webb Way. Wildlife viewing. Great for picture taking. ODFW stocked March through May. Remnants of old Oregon American mill site. Come rollerblade, walk, or job the path. Picnic tables and benches. Primitive camping.

  • Banks Vernonia State Park

    Bird watch, bicycle, walking trail, picnicking, horse back riding, ADA restrooms, wildlife, native plants and more. FREE. call 503-324-0606 or www.oregonstateparks.org/park_145.php

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