Columbia Hills Historical State Park

Truly hidden gems

We took the free ranger-led She Who Watches tour and enjoyed it immensely. Taking the tour is the only way to access the restricted area to see many pictographs and petroglyphs, including She Who Wat...

Very different – worth the hike!

Horsethief Butte in the Columbia Hills State Park was great -- a deserted hike up what appeared to be a rocky mountain in the middle of nowhere. We chose the so-called ‘difficult’ trek directly up the...

Superb petroglyphs.

Its well worth stopping here at the Columbia Hills state park to see the superb petroglyphs. There is a walk way along that makes it easy to see them. You can also have a nice walk down to the river.

A great place to learn about the pre-history of the Columbia River and the east-side ecosystems!

This state park has a camping area with sites that have zero privacy, so plan accordingly! The tent sites are largely walk-ins from a non-descript parking lot. They are close together in a field of ...

Too windy for tent camping.

Do not try and camp here in a tent! We attempted yesterday but due to consistent over 30mph winds it was extremely dangerous trying to put up a tent. We had to abandon our planned 3 day trip and we we...