unincorporated community
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in
Clackamas County
Clackamas County ( ) is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2020 census, the population was 421,401, making it Oregon's third-most populous county. Its county seat is Oregon City. The county was named after the na ...
,
Oregon
Oregon ( , ) is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is a part of the Western U.S., with the Columbia River delineating much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while t ...
, United States. It is located at the eastern terminus of
Oregon Route 224
Oregon Route 224 is a state highway which runs through some of Portland's southeastern suburbs and ends in the Cascades.
Route description
The northwestern terminus is an interchange with OR 99E in Milwaukie, a suburb of Portland. It conti ...
Mount Hood National Forest
The Mount Hood National Forest is a U.S. National Forest in the U.S. state of Oregon, located east of the city of Portland and the northern Willamette River
The Willamette River ( ) is a major tributary of the Columbia River, accounting fo ...
. It is near the confluence of the
Clackamas River
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with the
Oak Grove Fork Clackamas River
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, and is the only community on the route between Estacada and
Detroit
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. Ripplebrook Ranger Station (a.k.a. Ripplebrook Guard Station) is located there. Bathrooms and information are available, but no other services.
Forest Service compound
The
United States Forest Service
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compound at Ripplebrook includes an office, various work buildings, three
bunkhouse
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s, a
heliport
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Designated heliports typically contain one or more touchdown and liftoff areas and may also hav ...
, and a housing area. The office is located just off of Route 224. The fire warehouse, the compound's gas house, a carpenter's shop, and a
silviculture
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The name comes from the Latin ('forest') and ('growing'). The study of forests ...
building are located near the office. The heliport is behind the office area along Forest Road 4600. Bunkhouse A and B are located along Forest Road 4631. Bunkhouse C is near the heliport and also serves as a heliport office. There are ten family homes in the housing area, which is on Eagles Rest Road, just off of Forest Road 4631. Some of the Forest Service facilities are now used by the Timber Lake
Job Corps
Job Corps is a program administered by the United States Department of Labor that offers free education and vocational training to young people ages 16 to 24.