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The area of Placerita Canyon, in addition to the Santa Clarita Valley and the surrounding mountains, have been inhabited by the native Tataviam since time immemorial. In 1842, the region was annexed under Rancho San Francisco , part of the larger Mexican land grant system that was dissolved 8 years later with California statehood inside the ...
Salt Creek Falls is a cascade and plunge waterfall on Salt Creek, a tributary of the Middle Fork Willamette River, that plunges into a gaping canyon in the Willamette National Forest near Willamette Pass in Lane County, Oregon. The waterfall is notable for its main drop of 286 feet (87 m), ranking third highest among plunge waterfalls in Oregon ...
Punch Bowl Falls from the upper viewpoint. Eagle Creek is a tributary of the Columbia River in Multnomah and Hood River counties in the U.S. state of Oregon.It cuts through a narrow canyon in its 3,200 feet (980 m) descent to the Columbia River Gorge and is known for its concentration of 13 waterfalls in about 5 miles (8.0 km) distance.
Diamond Creek Falls is a waterfall formed along Gibson Canyon on the north end of Willamette National Forest, east side of the city of Oakridge in Lane County, Oregon. [1] Access to Diamond Creek Falls is located along Oregon Route 58 through trail paths that lead down to the stream and the base of the waterfall.
The Opal Creek Valley contains 50 waterfalls and five lakes. Eight hiking trails, remnants of the early day prospecting and fire access routes, total 36 miles (58 km). [ 7 ] The valley forms the largest intact stand of old-growth forest in the western Cascades , and 500- to 1000-year-old trees are common.
It has a land area of 628,443 acres (254,322 ha). There are local ranger district offices located in Ashland, Butte Falls, Grants Pass, Jacksonville, and Prospect. Gold Beach ranger station. The former Siskiyou portion of the Rogue River–Siskiyou National Forest is located in parts of four counties in southwestern Oregon and northwestern ...
The falls are a popular recreation destination, with the Wahclella Falls Trail #436 running for 2.4 miles along the creek from the Historic Columbia River Highway State Trail to the falls. [2] Further up the creek canyon, the remote Tanner Creek Trail #431 is a lightly-travelled trail running along the creek from the end of the closed Tanner ...
Map from The Vikings team, or the Old Oregon Trail 1852–1906, by Ezra Meeker Oregon Trail pioneer Ezra Meeker erected this boulder near Pacific Springs on Wyoming's South Pass in 1906. [1] The historic 2,170-mile (3,490 km) [2] Oregon Trail connected various towns along the Missouri River to Oregon's Willamette Valley.