Table Rock Wilderness

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title: "Table Rock Wilderness" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["wilderness-areas-of-oregon", "bureau-of-land-management-wilderness-areas-in-oregon", "protected-areas-of-clackamas-county,-oregon", "iucn-category-ib", "1984-establishments-in-oregon", "protected-areas-established-in-1984"] description: "Wilderness area in Oregon, United States" topic_path: "general/wilderness-areas-of-oregon" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_Rock_Wilderness" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Wilderness area in Oregon, United States ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox protected area"]

Field	Value
name	Table Rock Wilderness
iucn_category	Ib
photo	Tablerock basalt.JPG
location	Clackamas County, Oregon, United States
nearest_city	Molalla, Oregon
coords
id	1987627
name	Table Rock Wilderness
access-date	2009-01-20 }}
area	5500 acre
established	1984
governing_body	Bureau of Land Management
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| name = Table Rock Wilderness | iucn_category = Ib | photo = Tablerock basalt.JPG | photo_caption = | location = Clackamas County, Oregon, United States | nearest_city = Molalla, Oregon | coords = | id = 1987627 | name = Table Rock Wilderness | access-date = 2009-01-20 }} | area = 5500 acre | established = 1984 | governing_body = Bureau of Land Management

The Table Rock Wilderness is a small pocket wilderness designated in 1984 | url =http://www.wilderness.net/index.cfm?fuse=NWPS&sec=wildView&wname=Table%20Rock%20Wilderness | title = Table Rock Wilderness | publisher = wilderness.net | access-date = 2007-02-15 }} in the western Cascade Mountains in northwestern Oregon, United States. The wilderness area protects 5500 acre of forest in the historic Molalla River–Pudding River drainage basin, some 19 mi southeast of Molalla, Oregon and 50 mi southeast of Portland. Somewhat unusual for a wilderness in this area is that it is on BLM land rather the nearby Mount Hood National Forest.

Topography

The wilderness is in the densely forested and lower western Cascades, with the highest point being the namesake Table Rock | id = 1150827 | name = Table Rock | access-date = 2009-01-22 }} which rises to an elevation of 4881 ft. | pid = 2389 | name = Table Rock, Oregon | access-date = 2009-01-22 }} Table Rock offers interesting examples of columnar basalt.

Vegetation

The rugged Table Rock Wilderness is home to a forest of old-growth Douglas fir and western hemlock, with noble fir at higher elevations and crowds of rhododendron on many of the upper slopes. By August huckleberry and salmonberry ripen on the slopes of Table and Rooster Rock. The rock slide on the north facing side of Table Rock is surrounded by a profusion of salmonberry. At least two endangered plants bloom here – Sullivantia oregana and Gorman's aster.

Trails

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b6/Tablerock_rockfield.JPG" caption="Rock field beneath Table Rock"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b3/Table_Rock.jpg" caption="An aerial view of Table Rock, April 2016"] ::

There are four trailheads to the area. The main trail, Table Rock Trail, is the same path used by Native Americans and was part of the larger cross-Cascades trail system. Sites of archeological interest can be found here, including petroglyphs. | url = http://www.oregonhistorictrailsfund.org/trails/showtrail.php?id=10 | title = Oregon's Historic Trails: Klamath Trail, 19th Century | publisher = Oregon Historic Trails Fund | access-date = 2007-02-15 }} A moderately difficult hiking trail climbs 3.6 mi to the summit of Table Rock where the western Cascades can be viewed. The panorama stretches from Mount Rainier in the north to Mount Shasta, a mere speck in the distance, in California. The higher trails are snow-covered from November to May, though usually clear by Memorial Day.

Wildlife

The rock slide on the north facing side of Table Rock is well populated by a large colony of pikas, a small alpine herbivore.

References

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