National Creek Falls

Easy 0.8 mile round-trip 170 feet elevation loss Open mid-April through November

Left: National Creek Falls.

This very short hike to a cool, misty waterfall glen makes a good family outing for a hot summer day. National Creek was a favorite stop for travelers as early as the 1860s, when miners and stockmen blazed a route past here on their way from Southern Oregon to the newly discovered John Day gold fields.

Drive Crater Lake Highway 62 east of ...

This chapter taken from the book 100 Hikes in Southern Oregon.

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