The Bonneville Hot Springs Resort is located in North Bonneville, Washington some 72 km (45 miles) east of Vancouver, Washington and Portland, Oregon. The resort, located in Skamania County, is in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area. Historical records indicate the springs were first used by the Native American Indian tribes living in the area and that tribes such as the Rogue River, Chitcoe, Calapoi, Klamath and Makah would travel to this treasured spot, bringing their sick and aged to bathe in, and drink the waters