Government Camp: Timberline Lodge
The landscape around Timberline Lodge is a high volcanic slope on Mount Hood’s southern side, which has shaped both the built environment and local life. Set at roughly 6,000 feet in the Cascade Range, the lodge was built between 1936 and 1938 as a Works Progress Administration project during the Great Depression. Its hand-crafted timber, stone and metalwork are an important record of public construction from that era, and it was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1977. Timberline Lodge remains a working mountain hotel and the focal point of the Timberline ski area, where lift infrastructure meets Mount Hood’s upper terrain. Government Camp lies farther down the same southern approach to the mountain.
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Mount Hood defines the setting of Government Camp — its snowfields, ski terrain and dense Cascade forests shape life in this small mountain community. Set beside U.S. Route 26 on the south side of Oregon’s highest peak, the settlement is a base for winter sports and summer trips into the Mount Hood National Forest. Its name recalls an 1849 U.S. Army supply train that left wagons and equipment here while crossing the mountain. Higher on the slope, Timberline Lodge, completed in 1937, remains a major landmark of the New Deal era. Continue through nearby webcams to explore different parts of the Mount Hood region.
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