Oregon - Silver Falls

Arriving at Oregon’s Silver Falls State Park we came upon the placid south fork of Silver Creek.

Downstream had a different view.

To give you an idea of scale, Bill (who’s about 6’ tall) is standing just to the left of the falls.  This is the 177ft high South Falls, one of the waterfalls along the 8.7 mile Trail of Ten Falls.  Needless to say, Bill hiked the entire trail, while Barbara did portions. 

Here is the 90ft high Lower South Falls.

For both of these, the waterfall cascades over an overhang and the trail goes behind the waterfall. That created a pretty cool effect.

Winter Falls (as the name conveys) was only a trickle in the summer and trees obscured the view of Twin and Drake, but we enjoyed the other seven falls.

Lower North Falls (30ft) afforded a better view from the bottom of a steep bank.

Several hikers at Double Falls (the tallest falls at 178ft) cooled their feet in the pool.

Middle North Falls (106ft) had more spray, so it looked like it was raining when looking from behind it.

North Falls (136ft) was the fourth overhang with a trail behind it. The overhangs are volcanic basalt that spread over softer rock. Over time, the softer rock eroded.

Upper North Falls (65ft), lit up by end-of-day sun.

Such beauty and variety from one stream!