CLACKAMAS COUNTY
HIGH ROCK
Mt Hood National Forest
5S-7E-1
5S-7E-1
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1947 (WRH)
THE STATION IS ON A HIGH PROMINENT PEAK THAT IS LOCATED 12-1/2 MILES
SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF THE TOWN OF GOVERNMENT CAMP AND ABOUT 23 MILES
EAST SOUTHEAST OF THE TOWN OF ESTACADA.
THE LOOKOUT HOUSE IS WHITE IN COLOR, SET ON A STONE FOUNDATION,
ABOUT 12 X 12 FEET SQUARE, WITH A PEAKED ROOF THAT HAS A SPIRE ON
THE TOP. THE CENTER OF THE LOOKOUT IS THE STATION.
STATION RECOVERY (1955)
RECOVERY NOTE BY US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1955
RECOVERED AS DESCRIBED BY NGS (INTERSECTED ONLY). NEW
DESCRIPTION FOLLOWS.
LOCATED ABOUT 23 MI ESE. OF ESTACADA, 12 MI SW. OF GOVERNMENT
CAMP. ON HIGHEST POINT OF ROCKY RIDGE WHICH LIES BETWEEN SALMON
RIVER AND OAK GROVE FORK CLACKAMAS RIVER.
TO REACH FROM ESTACADA POST OFFICE, DRIVE 0.2 MI S. ON STATE HWY.
211 TO RD. FORKS. TURN LEFT 14.6 MI TO FISH CREEK JUNCTION.
CONTINUE LEFT ALONG CLACKAMAS RIVER RD. 6.2 MI TO SANDSTONE JCT.
CONTINUE LEFT 3.3 MI TO RIPPLEBROOK JUNCTION. TURN LEFT 1.7 MI TO
OAK GROVE JUNCTION. TURN RIGHT AS PER SIGN TIMOTHY MDW 14 AND
CONTINUE ON RD. RUNNING ALONG NORTH SIDE OF OAK GROVE FORK
CLAKAMAS RIVER 4.1 MI TO SIGN AT HEAD OF LAKE HARRIET
HIGH ROCK LO 12. CONTINUE STRAIGHT AHEAD 1.9 MI TO RD. FORKS
IMMEDIATELY AFTER PASSING OVER SHELLROCK CREEK. TAKE LEFT FORK
6.7 MI TO JCT. OF SHELLROCK AND ABBOT RDS. TURN LEFT AS PER SIGN
HIGHROCK 3 2 MI TO X-RDS. TURN RIGHT 0.9 MI TO LO AND STATION.
STATION MARK--CENTER OF 14 X 14 USFS LOH.
RM 1--USDA BRONZE RM DISK STAMPED---HIGH ROCK REF NO 1---, CEMENTED
IN SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION OF LO.
STATION RECOVERY (1970)
RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1970 (LFS)
THE STATION HAS BEEN DESTROYED PRIOR TO JULY 1970.
AIRLINE DISTANCE AND DIRECTION FROM NEAREST TOWN
12 MILES SOUTH OF GOVERNMENT CAMP.