Carson Hot Springs Resort

Columbia River Gorge


This rustic, locally loved resort has standard hotel rooms and a charming historic bathhouse where you can soak in a mineral bath and then be wrapped up like a burrito to sweat out your worries (mineral bath and wrap $30 to $35).


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1. Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center

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2. Cascade Locks Historical Museum

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3. Eagle Creek Recreation Area

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4. Bonneville Dam

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5. Bonneville Fish Hatchery

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6. Beacon Rock State Park

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7. Hood River Farmers Market

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8. History Museum of Hood River County

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