![]() 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. After checking out Upper Kentucky Falls you will hike another 1.1 miles until you reach a split in the trail.Linton Falls (east of Eugene), without question, is the best waterfall I've seen with my own eyes. In the winter and early spring, the falls will be too large, and you will not be able to get onto the rocks. You can take a small jaunt off the main trail and climb over some boulders right to the bottom of the falls. In the summer time these falls come down like a thin wispy curtain. The high point of the hike is the trailhead, so keep in mind that all of your elevation will be gained on the return trip from the falls. After the first 0.6 miles you come upon 88-foot tall Upper Kentucky Falls. ![]() There is extra parking just a bit farther down the road if the main lot is full. ​After making it successfully to the trailhead, you will be relieved to see a lush green trail across the road from the small parking area. The road also gains some elevation, so if you're heading here in the winter, please check the snow levels before you go as this road can occasionally get some snow in the winter months. Driving to the trailhead can be a bit treacherous since you have to avoid many large potholes while going up a 20% grade on gravel logging roads. Kentucky Falls is a wonderful short and easy hike, less than 5 miles long and perfect for a drizzly Oregon day. ![]()
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