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Just below Agness, the Agness–Illahe Road crosses the river to join NFD 33, also known as Agness Road, which continues parallel to the river on the left bank. The river, passing through Copper Canyon, receives Tom Fry Creek from the left, Rilea, Blue Jay, Morris Rodgers, and Painted Rock creeks from the right.
Rogue River Trail 1168 continues west 12 miles (19 km) along the north side of the river from Agness to the Morey Meadow Trailhead. Forest Road 3533 provides a hiking route between the trailhead and the Lobster Creek Bridge, 5.8 miles (9 km) further west.
Big Butte Creek begins in the Cascade Range near Butte Falls.It flows generally northwest over approximately 12 miles (19 km) to its confluence with the Rogue River. [3] [6] The two main forks of Big Butte Creek, the North Fork and the South Fork, merge at 2,244 feet (684 m) above sea level, [a] while the creek's mouth is located at an elevation of 1,562 feet (476.1 m).
Rogue River Ranch, east of Agness, is on the National Register of Historic Places, [5] and it and Lucas Lodge in Agness are in the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office historic sites database. [6] The Agness-Illahe Museum is open from May through September. [7] Much of Agness's economy is based on tourism, with several lodges, hotels ...
Illahe was the first of three post offices established in the late 19th and early 20th centuries along the canyon of the lower Rogue River between Marial and Agness. After the Rogue River Wars of 1855–56 and the forced removal of most of the Takelma and other native people who lived along the river, a small number of newcomers began to settle along or near the canyon.
A Rogue River man named Mel Norrick recounted his stories of being a river guide for Hollywood in a July 2003 Mail Tribune story shortly after Peck's death. Norrick remembered the second crew ...
The largest river in the national forest is the Rogue River, which originates in the Cascade Range and flows through the Klamath Mountains and Coast Range. The Illinois River is a major tributary of the Rogue in the Klamath Mountains, while the Sixes, Elk, Pistol, Chetco, and Winchuck rivers drain the Coast Range directly to the Pacific Ocean.
The river's lower 50.4 miles (81.1 km), from where it enters the Rogue River–Siskiyou National Forest downstream from Kerby to its confluence with the Rogue River, were designated Wild and Scenic in 1984. Of this, 28.7 miles (46.2 km) is protected as wild, 17.9 miles (28.8 km) as scenic, and 3.8 miles (6.1 km) as recreational.