Roaring River (Clackamas River tributary)

Rivers of Clackamas County, OregonRivers of OregonWild and Scenic Rivers of the United States

Roaring River is a 13.7-mile (22.0 km) tributary of the Clackamas River in Clackamas County, Oregon. Beginning near Signal Buttes on the western flank of the Cascade Range, the river flows generally west through parts of Mount Hood National Forest to meet the larger river 44 miles (71 km) from its mouth on the Willamette River.The river's watershed generally overlaps the Roaring River Wilderness, a 36,500-acre (14,800 ha) federally protected area established in 2009. The area is off-limits to commercial logging and mechanized recreation though still open to fishing, camping, hunting, hiking, and many other activities.The entire length of Roaring River was named part of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System in 1988. Most of this was declared wild, though the last two-tenths of a mile were designated recreational.

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