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About Bridal Veil

Bridal Veil is a virtual ghost town located in Multnomah County, Oregon, United States. It was established in the 1880s during a logging boom by a logging company as it harvested timber on nearby Larch Mountain to be a company mill town around a sawmill.
From Wikipedia, "Bridal Veil, Oregon", CC BY-SA 4.0.

This is a site record: what public sources say about Bridal Veil, gathered in one place. We haven't written a full guide yet, so history, current access and photos are still to come. Treat the status as unknown until a guide confirms it.

Map

Where Bridal Veil is

USGS topographic map around Bridal Veil — USGS topographic map, The National Map (public domain). The pin marks the coordinates in the record; old townsites are often a little off.

Historic maps

8 historic USGS maps cover Bridal Veil

Topographic sheets from the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain), oldest first. Older sheets often show the camp, mines and roads while the place was alive. The downloads are large map scans; USGS topoView shows them in the browser.

1948 Vancouver sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
1950 Vancouver sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
1954 Bridal Veil sheet, 1:62,500 · GeoTIFF download
1958 Vancouver sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
1964 Vancouver sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
1979 Vancouver sheet, 1:100,000 · GeoTIFF download
1986 Bridal Veil sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
1994 Bridal Veil sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download

Directions

Getting there

Google Maps directions Apple Maps OpenStreetMap

Before you go

Many ghost town sites are on private land, active mining claims or tribal land. Check land status and ask permission.
Roads to old townsites are often unmaintained dirt. Map apps may route over closed or impassable tracks.
Removing artifacts from public land is illegal under federal and most state laws.

Nearby

Other sites near Bridal Veil

Straight-line distance to other mapped sites in our Oregon index.

Latourell2.6 mi SW · Multnomah
Dodson7.5 mi NE · Multnomah
Cherryville13.3 mi S · Clackamas
Dee26.6 mi E · Hood River
New Era29.5 mi SW · Clackamas
Three Lynx30.3 mi S · Clackamas
Kinton35.3 mi W · Washington
Aurora36.3 mi SW · Marion

Sources

ghosttowns.com, "Bridal Veil": county, roads, climate, best time to visit, remains.
Wikipedia, "Bridal Veil, Oregon": coordinates and summary.
Wikidata Q4966078.
USGS GNIS 1138601.
USGS 3D Elevation Program, elevation at the coordinates.
USGS The National Map and Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain).