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The Salmon River is a 33.5-mile (53.9 km) river in the Cascade Range in the U.S. state of Oregon that drains part of southwestern Mount Hood. The entire length of the river is a protected National Wild and Scenic River. [4] Several portions are in protected wilderness. It is affluent to the Sandy River, a tributary of the Columbia River.
Trillium Lake is a lake situated 7.5 miles (12.1 km) south-southwest of Mount Hood in the U.S. state of Oregon.It is formed by a dam at the headwaters of Mud Creek, tributary to the Salmon River. [4]
The West Fork Salmon River is a tributary of the Salmon River in Clackamas County in the U.S. state of Oregon.Beginning near Timberline Lodge at the base of Mount Hood in the Cascade Range, it flows generally south to meet the main stem Salmon near Red Top Meadow, slightly south of the intersection of U.S. Route 26 and Oregon Route 35.
The project's goals include reviving the river’s ecosystem and enabling chinook and coho salmon to swim upstream and spawn along 400 miles of the Klamath and its tributaries.
The Salmon–Huckleberry Wilderness is covered in a dense rain forest of Douglas fir, fir, western red cedar, red alder, and western hemlock, including some old growth. Rare Alaska cedar grow on the fringes of meadows along the Salmon River. Huckleberries grow in abundance in several areas of the wilderness, including Huckleberry Mountain. [2]
The entire South Fork lies within the Salmon-Huckleberry Wilderness, which is part of Mount Hood National Forest. The South Fork's only named tributary is Mack Hall Creek, which enters from the right. [3] Green Canyon Campground, about 4 miles (6 km) by road from Wemme, is along the Salmon River about a mile downstream of the mouth of the South ...
Beaverdam Creek enters from the left and Dry Creek from the right before the river reaches Ollokot Campground, on the right at about RM 48.5 (RK 78.1). Near the confluence with Dry Creek, the river passes under the Hells Canyon Scenic Byway, also known as the Wallowa Mountain Loop and as NFD 39. At this point, the byway and Upper Imnaha Road ...
The South Fork Salmon River is an 86-mile (138 km) [2] tributary of the Salmon River in Idaho and Valley Counties in central Idaho. [1] The river drains a rugged, lightly populated wilderness watershed in the Salmon River Mountains. It is the second-largest tributary of the Salmon River, after the Middle Fork.