Rooster Rock State Park is a
state park
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located east of
Corbett Corbett may refer to:
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* Corbett, Oregon, a community in the United States
* Corbett Award, US award for athletics administrators
* Corbett (surname), people w ...
, in the
U.S. state of
Oregon. One of the features of the park is Rooster Rock, a column of
basalt forming a natural
obelisk, which stands near the south side of the
Columbia River Gorge, in the lee of
Crown Point. The park is administered by the
Oregon Parks and Recreation Department.
The
monolith was mentioned in the journal of the explorers
Lewis and Clark
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as their camping place on November 2, 1805.
The name is
phallic in origin,
[ specifically, the column's original name was "Cock Rock". The Chinook word for the rock was ''iwash'', referring to penis.][
The eastern portion of the park is designated as a clothing-optional beach, the first officially designated clothing-optional beach in the U.S. The only other clothing-optional beach in the state, after Glassbar Island's closing, is Collins Beach, on Sauvie Island in 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 ...
, north of Portland
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.
The area around the parking lot has been a favorite astronomy spot for amateur astronomers in the area, with organizations such as OMSI hosting multiple star parties at the venue.
Gallery
File:Rooster_Rock_State_Park_Lewis_and_Clark_Sign.jpg, Rooster Rock sign
File:Rooster_Rock_State_Park_Oregon_Plaque_2009.jpg, Rooster Rock plaque
File:Rooster_Rock_State_Park_Oregon_Squirrels.jpg, Squirrels at Rooster Rock State Park
File:Rooster Rock State Park and Columbia River Gorge (from top of Rooter Rock).png, Rooster Rock State Park from top of Rooter Rock
File:Osprey nest at the top of Rooster Rock.png, Abandoned osprey nest at the top of Rooster Rock
File:A climber starts to rappel down Rooster Rock.png, A climber starts to rappel down Rooster Rock
See also
* List of places where social nudity is practised
* Naturism
Naturism is a lifestyle of practising non-sexual social nudity in private and in public; the word also refers to the cultural movement which advocates and defends that lifestyle. Both may alternatively be called nudism. Though the two terms ar ...
* Sand Island (Multnomah County, Oregon)
Sand Island is a dune-covered island in 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. ...
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Columbia River Gorge
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