In the rustic Mohawk Valley just half an hour from Eugene, Shotgun Creek is a popular picnicking park with a woodsy loop hike. Nearby Horse Rock offers another good hiking goal. This weird rock wall has a shallow cave, flower meadows, and views of snowy Cascade summits from Mt. Hood to Diamond Peak.

To find Shotgun Creek . . .

This chapter is an excerpt from 100 Hikes : Central Oregon Cascades