Rowena Plateau Trail

This trail is super easy to hike. It was super windy at the top but made for an excellent experience! Looking out over th edge onto the Gorge from that high up with nothing but endless green and yellow brown rolling hills. This was my favorite hike next to Lost Lake Butte in Oregon! hiked 9/2019

Gorgeous views of the river and many flowers starting to bloom. Easy trail except for the wind was blowing a little hard today. The parking lot was almost full but once you get on the trail people are pretty spread out.

Breath-taking overlook of the river

Great hike! Very scenic and beautiful. There weren’t many people on the trail, which made this quite enjoyable.

Very dead in winter, come back in the summer when everything is alive and it's a 5/5

Beautiful, easy. Bring a camera, pose for pictures and go in the spring.

One of my favorites. Easy out and back (I took my 65 year old non-hiker father and he didn’t have any problems. Gorgeous views of The Gorge.

Nice views, easy to walk, but very hot when it was 93 out yesterday. I can’t wait to go back in April to see the wild flowers.

Gorgeous panoramic views of the Columbia River Gorge. Easy and flat. Only drawback was lack of shade on a hot sunny day, and wildflowers dried up long ago.

The Rowena Plateau Trail is an easy hike with one exception. If you’re afraid of heights, you might want to reconsider hiking it. It’ll take you to the edge of the gorge walls, while a blustering wind hits you. It offers a bird’s eye view of the river below and the little town of Lyle Washington where the Klickitat empties into the Columbia. You can see people recreating on the beech as well as one or two wind surfers. Lyle, arguably, might be better for windsurfing than Hood River. There’s a couple of spring fed swamp holes along the way, but they aren’t very accessible. Lots of tall grass and flowers in the spring. It’s a good companion to the McCall Point Trail and you can easily do both on the same day.

Rowena Plateau was a pleasant surprise! It’s a mostly flat dirt trail on top of the plateau, but it also has some gorgeous wildflowers, a hidden wetland, and frequent falcon sightings. The trail is easy to follow and has amazing views of the gorge. The out and back took me about 35 minutes so it was quick, too. Very much worth the stop!

Nice short trail with lots of view at the top. It’s kid friendly and the views are specatacular with both columbia river gorge and plateau at sight.

Lovely leisurely hike for viewing wildflowers!

I loved it! It was a really chill hike. Would have done the other trails around here but I was pretty limited on time. GREAT photo opportunity and just a good place to relax. We saw a pretty big snake on the trail but didn’t get a good enough look to see what kind.

This is a must see destination in the gorge. Amazing views. Be sure to go in April to see the wild flowers. Also we discovered dogs are not allowed on the trails here (volunteers sit in their cars to stop you). I wish we knew that ahead of time.

Lupine in full bloom, balsam root in bloom but just past it’s prime. Still a lovely hike.

Lovely views, wildflowers, birds. Heavily used when balsam root at its peak but a compatible group.

Gorgeous flowers right now and views are spectacular. Lots of wind but 70 degrees made it enjoyable.

fantastic easy hike. did this one on May 3rd, flowers are full bloom.

Easy hike with lovely views. Really quite fascinating to see the terrace-like terrain of the lava flows contrasting with the bright wildflowers. Did this as a twofer with Tom McCall Point. Watch for rattlesnakes.

Lovely beautiful easy hike with fascinating terrain. Mid April and the wildflowers were just starting; if you’re looking for a full blown wildflower experience wait a couple weeks. The wind was intense; bring ear protection and something warm. Stunning views. Some trails were closed/disappearing but the signage wasn’t very clear. Responding to the below review, the trail isn’t close to the cliffs in most spots but there are definitely a few places if you do the full loop that you’ll want to be holding little guys’ hands and made my height-afraid husband feel a little woozy. Friendly reminder that there’s no dogs on this trail; ran into some other hikers with their dogs that didn’t realize that and they were disappointed to have to turn around.

Beautiful views! Wild flowers starting to pop up everywhere (mid April ) ! Mostly flat, easy terrain , no drop offs near trail , great for young kids . You could also do the Tom McCall trail at the same trailhead for more of a workout or more views.

No stop 20-30 mph winds. Saw lizard and garter snake

Great morning to hike, we hit the trail about 6:30am and it was just getting light. We had the trail to ourselves. 50 plus degrees, no wind. Great morning to take in all the flowers.

Short but lovely walk. flowers are starting to bloom, saw deers and lots of birds. Really nice area! Windy though, so take a windbreaker with you.