The city got its name from a set of locks built to improve navigation past the Cascades Rapids of the Columbia River.Cascade Locks is a few miles upstream of Eagle Creek Gorge, a popular scenic area that doubles as an alternate route for the Pacific Crest Trail.Cascade Locks is used frequently by hikers along the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) to cross the Columbia River.[6] Since 1999 the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs have been pursuing an off-reservation casino to be sited in Cascade Locks.U.S. Route 30 passes through the center of Cascade Locks as Wa Na Pa Street, joining Interstate 84 at the east and west end of the downtown.
City hall
Post office in Cascade Locks, with the
Columbia River
in the background