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Go east for gorgeous wildflowers; Dog Mountain isn’t the only spot to see blooms near Clark County

Despite changes at the federal level, parking permits mandatory again on spring weekends at Dog Mountain

By Scott Hewitt, Columbian staff reporter
Published: March 15, 2025, 6:13am
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Desert parsley lines the Lyle Cherry Orchard trail in the Columbia River Gorge in spring 2021.
Desert parsley lines the Lyle Cherry Orchard trail in the Columbia River Gorge in spring 2021. (Debbie Asakawa/Friends of the Columbia Gorge) Photo Gallery

COYOTE WALL RECREATION AREA — The sun shone bright, birds zipped around the sky and tiny, vivid purple, yellow and white flowers flared at my feet.

March had barely begun, but everything about the landscape seemed to sing: “Spring is here!”

The Columbia River Gorge Scenic Area is the Vancouver area’s own wildflower escape hatch.

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