Timberline Lodge
Built 1937 by Gilbert Stanley Underwood. Added to the National Register in 1973, and a National Historic Landmark.
The record
| Property type | Building |
| Address | 6 mi. (9.6 km) N of Government Camp in Mount Hood National Forest, Government Camp, OR |
| County | Clackamas County |
| Listed | Nov 12, 1973 |
| Listed for | Art, Entertainment and recreation, Architecture |
| Level of significance | National |
| Reference number | 73001572 |
| Built | 1937 · more from the 1930s |
| Architect | Gilbert Stanley Underwood |
| Style | vernacular architecture, rustic architecture |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | 6 mi. (9.6 km) N of Government Camp in Mount Hood National Forest, Government Camp, OR |
| Coordinates | 45.3312° N, 121.7113° W · Directions ↗ |
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Nearby in Clackamas County
Public land around it
| Mount Hood Wilderness ↗Wilderness, U.S. Forest Service | Inside the boundary64,742 acres |
| Mt. Hood National Forest ↗National Forest, U.S. Forest Service | Inside the boundary1,060,160 acres |
Wilderness Atlas publishes a centroid and an acreage for each unit, not a boundary line. Distance here is measured to a circle of the same area drawn around that centroid, so treat it as roughly right rather than surveyed.
Local history books for Clackamas County
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Guidebooks to historic places and travel in Oregon
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Reference
Questions people ask
When was Timberline Lodge listed on the National Register?
Nov 12, 1973. It is also a National Historic Landmark, the higher of the two designations.
Source: National Park Service
When was Timberline Lodge built?
1937, designed by Gilbert Stanley Underwood, in the vernacular architecture and rustic architecture style.
Source: Wikidata
Where is Timberline Lodge?
6 mi. (9.6 km) N of Government Camp in Mount Hood National Forest, Government Camp, Clackamas County, Oregon.
Source: National Park Service
Where is the nomination form for Timberline Lodge?
The National Archives holds the nomination form, the document that made the case for listing.
Source: National Archives
Is there a wildfire near Timberline Lodge right now?
4 active incidents within 50 miles as of 2026-10-17, nearest Grasshopper, 11 miles away.
Source: Map
Sources
Name, location, type and dates come from the National Register office's spreadsheet of listed properties, because the Park Service's spatial data does not carry this listing. The map point comes from Wikidata. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 73001572. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The nomination form and photographs ↗ at NPGallery are the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service, and the form is often the best description of the place.