Columbia Hills State Park is a
Washington
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state park
State parks are parks or other protected areas managed at the sub-national level within those nations which use "state" as a political subdivision. State parks are typically established by a state to preserve a location on account of its natural ...
located east of
Dallesport on
SR 14 in
Klickitat County
Klickitat County is a county located in the U.S. state of Washington. As of the 2020 census, the population was 22,735. The county seat and largest city is Goldendale. The county is named after the Klickitat tribe.
History
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. The park occupies on Horsethief Lake, an impoundment of the
Columbia River
The Columbia River (Upper Chinook: ' or '; Sahaptin: ''Nch’i-Wàna'' or ''Nchi wana''; Sinixt dialect'' '') is the largest river in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. The river rises in the Rocky Mountains of British Columbia, C ...
, and was created in 2003 with the merger of Horsethief Lake State Park and Dalles Mountain Ranch.
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Activities and amenities
Park activities include camping, boating, picnicking, fishing, swimming, windsurfing, rock climbing, and hiking on of trails.[ Several ]petroglyph
A petroglyph is an image created by removing part of a rock surface by incising, picking, carving, or abrading, as a form of rock art. Outside North America, scholars often use terms such as "carving", "engraving", or other descriptions ...
panels that were saved from inundation by the nearby Dalles Dam
The Dalles Dam is a concrete-gravity run-of-the-river dam spanning the Columbia River, two miles (3 km) east of the city of The Dalles, Oregon, United States. It joins Wasco County, Oregon with Klickitat County, Washington, 300 miles (309  ...
have been installed in the park.
References
External links
Columbia Hills State Park
Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission
Columbia Hills State Park Map
Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission
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Parks in Klickitat County, Washington
State parks of Washington (state)