Camp Smokey
From Portland Hikers Field Guide
- Hikes including this location:
- Eagle-Benson Loop Hike (TH | <-- --> | LOG)
- Eagle Creek to Wahtum Lake Hike (TH | <-- --> | LOG)
- Wahtum Lake via Pacific Crest Trail Hike (TH | <-- --> | LOG)
- Wahtum Lake via Ruckel Creek Hike (TH | <-- --> | LOG)
- Latitude: 45.61381
- Longitude: -121.84148
- Maps: Portland Hikers Maps Google Earth
- Elevation: 3830 feet
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Description
Camp Smokey is at the junction of the PCT and the Eagle-Benson Trail at the southern tip of the Benson Plateau. There is one large camp site with a log windbreak, and another smaller site a short distance down the Eagle-Benson Trail. There is seasonal drinking water at a small spring about .1 miles down the Eagle-Benson Trail at 45.61394, -121.84271. That being said, don't expect water past July in low snow years.
It is a nice place to setup camp on a multi-day trip around the Eagle Creek drainage or an out-and-back to Wahtum Lake. Afternoon winds can be pretty stiff in this area. If you do happen to stay at Smokey Camp, be sure to check out the excellent viewpoint of Table Mountain and the expanse of the Eagle Creek drainage about .5 miles down the Eagle-Benson Trail.
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Guidebooks that cover this destination
- Hiking the Columbia River Gorge - 2nd Edition, by Russ Schneider
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