![]() I just made my first trip to Sweet Creek Falls in the Coast Range near Mapleton (east of Florence). You can find pictures/video and trip reports of most of those places I listed here. I haven't quite made it to the Devil's Staircase yet (one failed attempt), but it's not really a waterfall from what I understand. As mentioned prior, Proxy Falls (both of them) are supposed to be outstanding, but I haven't found time on my Linton trips to swing in there. There are some great waterfalls past Toketee/Watson (which is where a lot of people turn around) up Hwy 138, some more good ones by Diamond Lake, an amazing one by Crater Lake. South Umpqua Falls (east of Myrtle Creek) is certainly unique, but it's not a hike and it's barely a waterfall (super-sized slide fall). Lower East Fork Falls (west of Roseburg, East Fork of the Coquille) is a very underrated waterfall even though it sits immediately next to a road. Grotto Falls (east of Roseburg) is a fine waterfall and there is a trail of sorts leading to a couple waterfalls above, one of which is strikingly beautiful. Lost Creek Falls (Coast Range, west of Roseburg) is/was a top-notch place, but it was clear cut a few years ago and probably isn't even worth going to anymore. I'm not a trail-loop kind of guy and I'd take this if there wasn't a destination point (i.e. The trail to it is as good as I've seen and it loops around to Lower Trestle Creek Falls and along Brice Creek. Didn't get any pictures because I left the memory card at home. The picture in the Forest Service brochure looks like someone peeing off a cliff, but when we went to it, the falls were rocking. Upper Trestle Creek Falls (east of Cottage Grove) is fantastic. (all are East of Cottage Grove, Layng Creek area) Moon Falls is nice, Spirit Falls is great, Pinard Falls is good. 5 miles.You can see one of them from the car at a 1.25 miles distance, though. Flat Rock Falls (east of Roseburg) is a pair of super-tall, thin waterfalls about 200' apart, probably in the 300-400' height-range, but there isn't really a trail down to them (though I made it down and back once). Wolf Creek Falls (east of Roseburg) is also nice and the trail is great. Upper Susan Creek Falls (east of Roseburg, Hwy 138) is spectacular, but partly sits on private land and there really isn't much of a trail to it. Susan Creek Falls (east of Roseburg, Hwy 138) is another lackluster waterfall with a nice trail, though not as nice as Fall Creek's. Fall Creek Falls (east of Roseburg, Hwy 138) has one of the best trails, but the falls aren't really that interesting. The former viewpoint is hundreds of feet straight down/sheer drop on 3 sides. Someone died right at that spot a year or so ago looking for a place to pee. It definitely is not worth taking that trail any longer. There is a faint, knee-shaking trail on the other side of the river from the real trail that used to allow a straight-on, unobstructed view of the falls, but a tree has grown up over the last 15 years and now completely blocks the falls. Toketee (east of Roseburg, Hwy 138) is nice, though you can't see it from straight on and you're up a bit (there is a goat trail down to the river.haven't taken it yet, but it doesn't look all that tough.). ![]() ![]() Other good ones from down here that I've been to. With Linton Falls, when you're looking at a picture of it with someone who hasn't been there, you have an extra twinkle in your eye and a near-smirk. Most of the waterfalls I've been to, the pictures of the fall sum up "being there" fairly accurately. The trail to Linton Falls is also very entertaining. ![]() And that's not counting the upper 300' or so feet of Linton Falls (if you count it all as one), which really can't be easily seen. Everything else that I've actually seen is tied for 2nd. Linton Falls (east of Eugene), without question, is the best waterfall I've seen with my own eyes. ![]()
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