Mayer State Park

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Mayer State Park
View east from the Rowena Crest Overlook

Type	Public, state
Location	Wasco County, Oregon
Nearest city	The Dalles
Coordinates	45°40′32″N 121°16′11″W / 45.675676°N 121.2697945°W / 45.675676; -121.2697945Coordinates: 45°40′32″N 121°16′11″W / 45.675676°N 121.2697945°W / 45.675676; -121.2697945^[1]
Operated by	Oregon Parks and Recreation Department

Mayer State Park is a state park in the Columbia River Gorge, near Rowena, Oregon in Wasco County in the U.S. state of Oregon. It consists of several disjointed parcels of transected by Interstate 84 and the tracks of the Union Pacific Railroad.

The south-westernmost parcel includes the Rowena Loops, a series of horseshoe curves by which the Historic Columbia River Highway (U.S. Route 30) climbs to the Rowena Crest, where there is an overlook, from the village of Rowena.

The Rowena Loops

Rowena Loops from the Columbia River Highway, by Arthur Prentiss. 1917.

[edit] References

^ "Mayer State Park". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1123869. Retrieved 2011-07-01.

[edit] External links

"Mayer State Park". Oregon State Parks and Recreation. http://www.oregonstateparks.org/park_161.php. Retrieved 2011-07-01.

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