Hood River Real Estate Update

Underwood, Washington is located approximately 10 minutes from downtown Hood River, Oregon via the Hood River Bridge. Hwy 14 is a picturesque route that travels along the Columbia River. Cook Underwood Road makes a loop from Hwy 14 climbing in elevation. From Upper Underwood there are several turnouts with beautiful views looking east down the Columbia River, the gorge, and across to Hood River in Oregon.

Here are a couple of homes currently for sale with these beautiful gorge views.

This one is now SALE PENDING

ML#: 8066738 Area: 116 Status: ACT Price: $1,200,000 Address: 141 MTN MEADOW DR City: Underwood Zip: 98651   XST/Dir: Hwy 14, south on Cook/Underwood ,south on Wess, east on Mtn. Meadow Dr. Bed/Baths: 3/3.1 SQFT: 3380 YrBuilt: 1986 Style: CONTEMP Map Coord: 0/A/0 Type: DETACHD PTax/Yr: $6,184 LotSize: 3-4.99AC View: RIVER, MNTAIN Garage: 3 / Acres: 4.39 Listing courtesy of Don Nunamaker Realtors

ML#: 8080060 Area: 116 Status: ACT Price: $1,300,000 Address: 125 WESS RD City: Underwood Zip: 98651   XST/Dir: Hwy 14 to Cook-Underwood, right Wess, left on Trillium to end of road. Bed/Baths: 4/4 SQFT: 3208 YrBuilt: 1978 Style: CONTEMP, DAYRNCH Map Coord: 0/A/0 Type: DETACHD PTax/Yr: $4,187 LotSize: 20K-.99AC View: RIVER, MNTAIN Garage: 2 / ATTACHD Acres: 0.78 Listing Courtesy of Pacific Rim Brokers

Underwood is located in Skamania County, Washington. It is west of Bingen and North of WA SR 14 after you cross the White Salmon River.  I have always thought Underwood would be a nice place to live. It is only about 10 minutes to downtown Hood River.  Underwood is a small rural community of about 976 people. The climate in Lower Underwood is similar to White Salmon and Hood River. As you travel Cook Underwood Road the elevation climbs and Upper Underwood is in the snow zone. Mill A and Willard get more snow and rain due to the elevation and being farther west.

Lower Underwood has a few streets with Circle Drive making a loop on the bluff with beautiful views. There is a U.S. Post Office, Community Center(meeting place of Gorge Homelearners- every Tuesday from 12:00-3:00 late Oct thru April), Park with play equipment, tennis courts, picnic tables and a Fire Station (a new fire station is currently under construction after the Underwood Fire last summer) in Lower Underwood.  Cook-Underwood Road continues up the hill climbing in elevation as it goes. There are more homes along both sides of the road, many with beautiful views of the gorge, Columbia River, Mt. Hood, and the surrounding orchards.

I took the pictures above from a viewpoint turnout in upper Underwood.

Continuing on Cook-Underwood Road will take you to the small communities of Willard and Mill A. Willard was home to Broughton Lumber Flume, a nine-mile long, 1000-foot drop, wooden lumber slide. For decades, the Broughton Lumber Company harvested timber in the mountains, sending their logs to the riverside mill. The mill has been closed for several years. The Flume was closed in 1986 and is slowly rotting away but can still be seen from Highway 14. The 1967 TV episode of Lassie made the flume famous as the popular collie floated down the chute to the Broughton Lumber Mill. Willard also adjoins the Gifford Pinchot National Forest. There is a County Park Big Cedars nearby.  The small community of Cook, Washington, is located just west (downstream) of the mouth of the Little White Salmon River and is home to the Little White Salmon National Fish Hatchery. There is a public elementary school in Mill A with 77 students, grades K-8. Mill A is also home to the USGS Lab. I thought this site looked interesting: Underwood Washington's Environmental Network.

Here are pictures of the Community Center, Park, Old Fire Hall & Post Office.

Below is the Little White Salmon River near the USGS Lab and a part of the old Flume at the entrance to Willard.

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I took these pictures yesterday from upper Underwood, Washington in Skamania County. This is the view looking east down The Gorge at the Columbia River and Hood River across to the south. This is near the location of last summers fire that took out 6 homes. The terrain is very steep and many trees were removed while trying to contain the fire, thus opening up the view even more. You can see the Hood River Bridge in the distance and a barge making it's way west up the river. Also Wells Island and what is known as The Hook are in the center of the top picture.

Disclaimer: I assume no responsibilty for accuracy of information provided within this post and blog. The entries on this blog are based on the opinions and  ideas of the author and are provided without warranties of any kind, either expressed or implied.