THE HOOD RIVER COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Oak/Conifer Foothills setting.
Hood River County has 522.2 square miles of land in Oregon. 6 mapped landscape regions meet across Hood River County: Oak/Conifer Foothills, Cascade Crest Montane Forest, Western Cascades Montane Highlands, among others.
On the Cascades' drier eastern side, open pine forests mingle with volcanic cones, buttes and basins. Larger river valleys and lake basins interrupt the surrounding uplands.
Regional context: Eastern Cascades Slopes and Foothills ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Hood River County intersects 6 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Oak/Conifer Foothills26.6%
- Cascade Crest Montane Forest25.4%
- Western Cascades Montane Highlands23%
- Western Cascades Lowlands and Valleys20.1%
- Cascade Subalpine/Alpine4.4%
Cascades in Hood River County
Volcanic mountains, deeply cut stream valleys and glaciated high country define the Cascades. Conifer forests change with elevation, giving way to mountain meadows and rocky alpine terrain.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Hood River County
The atlas lists 5 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Hood River County, including Hood River, Cascade Locks, Odell. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Hood River County by land and water
The Census records 11.2 square miles of water within Hood River County, or 2.1% of its total area. That share is close to Hood River County’s 2.1%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Hood River County has 834.2 times the land area of nearby Parkdale CDP (0.63 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Clackamas County, Multnomah County, Wasco County within Oregon. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.