Goodman Creek

Goodman Creek

Small falls on Goodman Creek

  • Easy (to Goodman Creek)
  • 4 miles round trip
  • 300 feet elevation gain
  • Open year-round
  • Use: hikers, horses, bicycles


  • Difficult (to Eagles Rest)
  • 13.4 miles round trip
  • 2100 feet elevation gain
  • Open mid-March through December


Just half an hour from Eugene, this hike through the forests below Hardesty Mountain can either be an easy walk to a waterfall—popular with kids—or it can be lengthened to a more strenuous trek past Ash Swale Shelter to the viewpoint at Eagles Rest.

Drive Interstate . . .


This chapter is an excerpt from 100 Hikes/Travel Guide: Central Oregon Cascades.