The Mount Hood Corridor is a part of

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between Sandy and Government Camp, in Clackamas County. It is named after Mount Hood and has served travelers going in both directions since the days of Native Americans and

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migrants. The area between Alder Creek and Government Camp is sometimes known as Hoodland. It includes the following communities (from east to west): * Government Camp * Rhododendron * Faubion *

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* Welches * Wemme * Wildwood * Mountain Air Park *

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* Brightwood * Alder Creek *

Marmot Marmots are large ground squirrels in the genus ''Marmota'', with 15 species living in Asia, Europe, and North America. These herbivores are active during the summer, when they can often be found in groups, but are not seen during the winter, ...

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* Firwood * Several other small communities and rural neighborhoods * Sandy (incorporated city) The modern-day corridor includes part of the historic

Barlow Road The Barlow Road (at inception, Mount Hood Road) is a historic road in what is now the U.S. state of Oregon. It was built in 1846 by Sam Barlow and Philip Foster, with authorization of the Provisional Legislature of Oregon, and served as the la ...

and a good-sized portion of the Mount Hood Scenic Byway. U.S. Route 26 runs through the corridor, sometimes alongside the Sandy River. For the

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, much of the corridor was consolidated into a single Mount Hood Village CDP. In December 2005, the communities from Rhododendron to Marmot applied to Clackamas County seeking to form a

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called the Villages at Mount Hood. Map of the Mount Hood Corridor

References

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