If you can get a site here, book it without question, even if it's out a year. Not only can you do the less-than-two-mile hike up famous Beacon Rock, just off the Columbia River, you get even better views from the eight-mile loop around Hamilton Mountain, just across Hwy. 14 and next to the campsites. Since there are only 20-some sites, and some have nice space in between, you're even more likely to hit the jackpot even though, overall, the trails can get crowded with hikers. With so much to see around this part of the Columbia Gorge, this is a great place to start, and end.