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Beacon Rock parking plan aims to improve safety, access to Columbia River Gorge site

By Scott Hewitt, Columbian staff writer
Published: June 16, 2022, 6:05am
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A wide highway shoulder is what passes for a parking lot at the base of Beacon Rock.
A wide highway shoulder is what passes for a parking lot at the base of Beacon Rock. (Scott Hewitt/The Columbian) Photo Gallery

The view from atop Beacon Rock is one of the grandest the Columbia River Gorge has to offer.

Visitor parking on the ground below is some of the Gorge’s worst.

That could change over the next decade or so if funding comes through for a plan to upgrade parking, pedestrian safety and the overall visitor experience at Beacon Rock, said Heath Yeats, state parks area manager.

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