Crown Point (Oregon)

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title: "Crown Point (Oregon)" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1938-establishments-in-oregon", "columbia-river-gorge", "historic-columbia-river-highway", "landforms-of-multnomah-county,-oregon", "national-natural-landmarks-in-oregon", "national-register-of-historic-places-in-multnomah-county,-oregon", "parks-in-multnomah-county,-oregon", "rock-formations-of-oregon", "state-parks-of-oregon"] description: "Basalt promontory in Oregon, USA" topic_path: "general/1938-establishments-in-oregon" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_Point_(Oregon)" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Basalt promontory in Oregon, USA ::

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Field	Value
name	Crown Point State Scenic Corridor
photo	Vistahouse.jpg
photo_caption	Crown Point in the Columbia River Gorge, Oregon, taken from Chanticleer Point
photo_width	300
map	USA Oregon
map_caption	Map of Oregon
location	Multnomah County, Oregon
nearest_city	Portland
coordinates
area_acre	306
established	1938
url	http://www.oregonstateparks.org/index.cfm?do=parkPage.dsp_parkPage&parkId=108
embedded	{{designation list
designation1	NNL
designation1_date	1971
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Crown Point (also known historically as Thor's Heights or Thor's Crown) is a basalt promontory on the Columbia River Gorge and an associated state park in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is located in eastern Multnomah County, approximately 15 mi east of Portland. Crown Point is one of the scenic lookouts along the Historic Columbia River Highway, providing a panoramic view of part of the Columbia River. It stands 733 ft above the river and is the remains of a lava flow that filled the ancestral channel of the Columbia River 14 to 17 million years ago. The Point was designated a National Natural Landmark in 1971.

Vista House

Main article: Vista House

The 1918 Art Nouveau style Vista House is an observatory at Crown Point that also serves as a memorial to Oregon pioneers and as a comfort station for travelers on the Historic Columbia River Highway. The site, on a rocky promontory, is 733 ft above the Columbia River on the south side of the Columbia River Gorge. The building shows great sensitivity to its site in the Columbia River Gorge near Corbett, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. File:Crown Point, OR.jpg|View from Crown Point looking over the Columbia River Gorge File:VistaHouse.jpg|Vista House File:Crown Point and Vista House, Columbia River Highway, Oregon (69070).jpg|A postcard of Crown Point from circa 1930–1945 File:THE COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE - NARA - 548010.jpg|Crown Point in 1973

Crown Point Viaduct

Crown Point Viaduct

The Crown Point Viaduct, built in 1914, is a viaduct consisting of an elevated sidewalk supported by columns and a retaining wall which encircle the tight loop of roadway around Vista House (1918). The viaduct is a contributing structure in the National Historic Landmarked and National Register of Historic Places-listed Historic Columbia River Highway.

References

References

1. ''Vista House at Crown Point'' [brochure], 2005.
2. ''Vista House, Columbia River Gorge, Oregon'', 2006, p. 2.
3. (1978). "Roadside Geology of Oregon". [[Mountain Press Publishing Company]].
4. "Science writer Richard Hill gives a brief geologic history of the Columbia River Gorge". The Oregonian.
5. "Crown Point". [[National Park Service]].
6. (2002). "Lazarus, Edgar M.". Lair Hill Publishing.
7. (February 4, 2000). ["National Historic Landmark Nomination: Columbia River Highway / Historic Columbia River Highway"]({{NRHP url). [[National Park Service]].

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