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Oneonta Gorge

Oneonta Gorge is a scenic gorge located in the Columbia River Gorge area of the American state of Oregon. The U.S. Forest Service has designated it as a botanical area because of the unique aquatic and woodland plants that grow there. Exposed walls of 25-million-year-old basalt are home to a wide variety of ferns, mosses, hepatics, and lichens, many of which grow only in the Columbia River Gorge. Oneonta Gorge with its 50 species of wildflowers, flowering shrubs and trees has been described as "one of the true dramatic chasms in the state." The Oneonta Gorge Creek Bridge is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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The trail has issues due to natural as well as human impacts. In the late 1990s, the stream was partially occluded when three large boulders (the size of "pickup trucks") tumbled into the stream. Subsequently, a log jam has formed in the midst of the slot canyon. This has created a hazard for hikers, which led to a fatality in 2011. trails providing access to the waterfalls remain closed due to damage from the 2017 Eagle Creek Fire. Incidents In March 2024, 63 year old Terina Kaye Chapman was found dead after she did not return from a solo hike to Oreonta Falls. She was found at the bottom of a cliff near Horsetail Falls. ==Oneonta Gorge Creek Bridge==
Oneonta Gorge Creek Bridge
Built in 1914, the Oneonta Gorge Creek Bridge, approximately downstream from the falls, is a "four-span reinforced-concrete deck girder trestle" that "is wide and has a roadway measuring ." It is a contributing structure in the Historic Columbia River Highway, which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. ==Gallery==
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