Nesmith Point
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Nesmith Point
| etymology = Named for James Nesmith{{cite book |title=Oregon Geographic Names |first=Lewis A. |last=McArthur |date=2003 |isbn=0-87595-277-1 |edition=7th |page=698 |location=Portland, OR}}
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| map = USA Oregon
| map_caption = Location of Nesmith Point in Oregon
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| location = Multnomah County, Oregon
| elevation_ft = 3848
| prominence_ft = 312
| prominence_ref = {{cite peakbagger |pid=1146789 |name=Nesmith Point, Oregon |access-date=2023-03-10}}
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| range = Cascade Range
| coordinates = {{coord|45.5878599|-122.0070763|type:mountain_region:US-CA_scale:100000_source:GNIS|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_ref = {{cite gnis |name=Nesmith Point |id=1146789|accessdate = January 20, 2019}}
| topo = Multnomah Falls
| type = Volcano
| age = Pleistocene
| geology = Basalt
| volcanic_field = Boring Lava Field
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Nesmith Point is a peak in Multnomah County, Oregon, on the edge of the Columbia River Gorge. Its {{convert|3848|ft|m}} elevation makes it the highest point on the lip of the Gorge. It is located in a remote area of the Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness, a wilderness area within the Mount Hood National Forest, on the boundary of the Bull Run Watershed. A representative of the Boring Lava Field,{{cite journal |title=Volcanoes of the Portland Area, Oregon |author=Allen, John Eliot |publisher=State of Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries |journal=The Ore Bin |url=https://www.oregongeology.org/pubs/og/OBv37n09.pdf |date=September 1975 |volume=37 |issue=9 }} the point was formed approximately one million years ago. The current appearance of the point is a result of the Missoula Floods, which sheared away the north face of the former mountain.
A fire lookout was previously located at the top of Nesmith Point but has been destroyed. The only road access to Nesmith Point is on forest roads through the closed Bull Run Watershed Management Area, and it is thus only legally accessible by trail. The Nesmith Point Trail #428 ascends to the peak from an Interstate 84 frontage road by climbing the walls of the Gorge through a box canyon.{{cite web |url=https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/crgnsa/recarea/?recid=29956 |title=Nesmith Point Trail #428 |publisher=United States Forest Service |accessdate=January 20, 2019}} The Horsetail Creek Trail #425{{cite web |url=https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/crgnsa/recarea/?recid=29932 |title=Horsetail Creek Trail #425 |publisher=United States Forest Service |accessdate=January 20, 2019}} and the Moffett Creek Trail #430{{cite web |url=https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/crgnsa/recarea/?recid=53244 |title=Moffett Creek Trail #430 |publisher=United States Forest Service |accessdate=January 20, 2019}} provide alternate routes to Nesmith Point from the west and east respectively, and connect to the rest of the Gorge's trail network.