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Worth the DetourDiscover a destination worth exploring within a short drive from Damascus.
Oregon Iron Company FurnaceHistoric Site8.6 mi from Damascus▾
Fired up in 1867, this was the first blast furnace on the Pacific Coast and remains the only one of its kind still standing west of the Rockies; at its peak the surrounding ironworks employed more than 600 people before cheaper imported iron and the Panic of 1893 forced its closure by 1894.
Portland Union StationHistoric Site11.7 mi from Damascus▾
Opened in 1896 with a 150-foot clock tower that still tells time via its original Seth Thomas clock, this Romanesque station once served five different railroads simultaneously, with over 120 trains arriving and departing daily by the 1920s.
Latourell FallsWaterfall15.0 mi from Damascus▾
A 249-foot waterfall in the Columbia River Gorge that drops straight off an overhanging basalt cliff within Guy W. Talbot State Park, named for French-Canadian settler Joseph Latourell. The falls sit along the Historic Columbia River Highway, opened in 1916 as the nation's first scenic highway and deliberately routed to showcase waterfalls like this one.
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Nearby Points of Interest
Worth the DetourDiscover a destination worth exploring within a short drive from Damascus.
Oregon Iron Company FurnaceHistoric Site8.6 mi from Damascus▾
Fired up in 1867, this was the first blast furnace on the Pacific Coast and remains the only one of its kind still standing west of the Rockies; at its peak the surrounding ironworks employed more than 600 people before cheaper imported iron and the Panic of 1893 forced its closure by 1894.
Portland Union StationHistoric Site11.7 mi from Damascus▾
Opened in 1896 with a 150-foot clock tower that still tells time via its original Seth Thomas clock, this Romanesque station once served five different railroads simultaneously, with over 120 trains arriving and departing daily by the 1920s.
Latourell FallsWaterfall15.0 mi from Damascus▾
A 249-foot waterfall in the Columbia River Gorge that drops straight off an overhanging basalt cliff within Guy W. Talbot State Park, named for French-Canadian settler Joseph Latourell. The falls sit along the Historic Columbia River Highway, opened in 1916 as the nation's first scenic highway and deliberately routed to showcase waterfalls like this one.
