The Mount Hood Highway

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61.5 km

Length

+463 m

Ascent

−1,533 m

Descent

1,417 m

Highest point

6.0%

Max gradient

1h 22min

Drive time (approx.)

Weather on the road

At the highest point · 1,417 m

5 °C cloudy

wind 6 m/s · clouds 87%

At the start

6 °C cloudy

wind 6 m/s · clouds 94%

	Min	Max	Precipitation	Wind
Friday 23 Oct	-1 °C	5 °C	1.1 mm	8 m/s	fog
Saturday 24 Oct	-2 °C	13 °C	0.0 mm	3 m/s	partlycloudy
Sunday 25 Oct	4 °C	10 °C	0.0 mm	3 m/s	partlycloudy

Weather data by MET Norway (CC BY 4.0) · Updated 10/23/26, 12:47 AM

Terrain and when to go

Landscape: Hill and low mountain road
Surface: asphalt 64%, concrete 35%

Roads nearby

The Mount Hood Loop

62.7 km
Length: +479 m
Ascent

The Columbia River Gorge

162.8 km
Length: +1,400 m
Ascent

The Clackamas River

77.8 km
Length: +499 m
Ascent

61.5 km · 1,417 m

Elevation profile

What does The Mount Hood Highway look like?

Mt. Hood Scenic Byway - Cloudy Skies and Mt. Hood · Unknown authorUnknown author or not provided · Public domain

Mt. Hood Scenic Byway - Grave of a Pioneer Woman · Unknown authorUnknown author or not provided · Public domain

Roe-Parker House (Hood River, OR) · Sanfranman59 · CC BY-SA 3.0

MT HOOD AFTER SNOWFALL-MT HOOD (23303828234) · U.S. Forest Service- Pacific Northwest Region · Public domain

SCHOOL OF THE BLIND AT TEACUP NORDIC CENTER 2010-Mt Hood (25827488573) · U.S. Forest Service- Pacific Northwest Region · Public domain

Carter and Company spaces out · OregonDOT · CC BY 2.0

Mt Hood Jpg · Dana Hutchinson · CC BY 3.0

Photos come from Wikimedia Commons under the licences shown; each opens its source page.

Start

Clackamas County

45.28375, -121.70967

Finish

Hood River County

45.70754, -121.50284

Along the road

Toilets

10 unnamed places along the road, from 3.3 km to 61.5 km.

Parking

Barlow Pass Sno-Park 3.3 km · 1,266 m

Boy Scout Camp Sno-Park 6.5 km · 1,283 m

White River West Sno-Park 6.6 km · 1,294 m

White River East Sno-Park 7.1 km · 1,290 m

Bennet Pass Sno-Park 10.5 km · 1,417 m

Twilight Parking Lot 12.6 km · 1,336 m

Teacup Lake SnoPark 13.5 km · 1,305 m

Pocket Creek Snowpark 17.0 km · 1,163 m

Little John Sno Park 22.3 km · 1,010 m

13 unnamed places along the road, from 3.3 km to 61.5 km.

Mountain huts

Aubrey Watzek Lodge 6.3 km · 1,274 m

Restaurants and cafés

Saw Tooth Roadhouse 46.5 km · 480 m

Hindustani 61.5 km · 46 m

1 unnamed place along the road, from 46.5 km to 61.5 km.

Rest areas

Kodak Point Highway Pullout 59.8 km · 103 m

1 unnamed place along the road, from 47.3 km to 59.8 km.

Fuel

Pine Grove Pit Stop 55.4 km · 195 m

Sinclair 55.4 km · 195 m

Shell 61.5 km · 46 m

Chevron 61.5 km · 46 m

Viewpoints

Kodak Point 59.8 km · 103 m

2 unnamed places along the road, from 59.8 km to 60.7 km.