The most georgeous cache locations within 3 hours of PDX?

[+Sparrowhawk]

As per subject line!

 

Inspired by a recent posting on these forums regarding "crater lake jr."... what would you regard as THE most georgeous geocache sites within about 3 hours driving of Portland?

 

-Elana (a.k.a. "Sparrowhawk")

[+Logscaler and Red]

Anything 3 hours and 10 minutes away from Portland will do!

 

3 hours will put you in Central Oregon so I would have to send you to just about anyone of them, It would just depend on your idea of "gorgeous". If your after a Mountain top view verses a canyon view. Deep timber or open desert.

 

Very subjective question I think.

 

Of our caches we have put out, try this for the first.

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=27274

 

And this for the second.

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=9482

 

TTFRN, logscaler.

[+Sparrowhawk]

I am basically thinking of a drive which is long but still relatively convenient to Portland.

 

As far as type of place... just plain georgous and not-very-well-known works for me. Forest, lake, desert location, hey, variety is the spice of life! So is NW geology!

 

-Elana (a.k.a. "Sparrowhawk")

[+Fathergoose]

Youngs River Falls

[+MattandLaura]

young river is a very nice place. Why travel so far though? There are many trails in the Gorge area. My favorites are Horsetail and Bridal Veil Falls. Up in Mt. Hood there are all sort of areas around Wildcat road that take you to hidden lakes and such

 

I can please only one person per day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow isn't looking good either.

[skydiver]

No idea. Never been geocaching around Portland.

How about within 3 hours of Missoula? Then I'd have to say Racetrack Pass, Close Enough, and Gem Lake.

 

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