Beacon Rock State Park
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HABITAT:
4,690-acre park w/ coniferous forest, rock cliffs, and wetlands on Columbia River.
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Beacon Rock State Park |
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HABITAT: |
4,690-acre park w/ coniferous forest, rock cliffs, and wetlands on Columbia River. |
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| BIRDING: | Few individuals but many species. Shrubs shelter Lazuli Buntings and Rufous Hummingbirds, and conifers host Western Tanagers, Black-headed Grosbeaks, Black-throated Gray and Hermit Warblers, Pacific-slope Flycatchers, Cassin’s Vireos, and Pileated Woodpeckers. Band-tailed Pigeons eat August elderberries. | ||
| VIEWING: | Two trails. At lower picnic parking area, enter forest at “trail” sign for 1.0-mile loop. At campground trailhead, take Hamilton Mt. Trail. At 0.25-mile, 0.4-mile Little Beacon Rock loop trail begins. | ||
| ACCESS: | From Hwy 14 at milepost 34.9, turn north onto unnamed road, drive 0.3 mile up hill to lower picnic area or continue 0.3 mile further through campground to trailhead parking. | ||
MORE BIRDING : |
From Hwy 14 at milepost 34.2, turn south onto Beacon Rock Moorage Rd. Drive 0.4 mile, bearing left. Park at moorage walkway. Set up scope on dock, find white spot on south side of Beacon Rock to watch nesting Peregrine Falcons Feb to mid-July; and Great Blue Heron rookery on nearby islands. | ||