1.7 hr
Overview
Silver Falls (259 feet) and Golden Falls (254 feet) are the second and third tallest waterfalls in the Oregon Coast Range after Munson Creek Falls in Tillamook County (measurements are according to the Northwest Waterfall Survey). There are three trails in this remote Coast Range state park 23 miles east of Coos Bay: one to Silver Falls , one to Golden Falls , and the middle one that visits both! I suggest doing the trails in that order. You’ll also be hiking on one of the more interesting trails in Oregon. This was a pack trail that was transformed into a wagon road in 1901 by four homesteaders from the upper Glenn Creek valley above Golden Falls. The road was blasted out of the cliffs, crossing Silver Falls at their base on a wooden bridge and then hugging the cliff to the top of Golden Falls , 300 feet above the creek. An automobile stage operated this route, barely wide enough to accommodate a Model T, between 1912 and 1916, running from Allegany to Scottsburg. After road improvements, trucks were able to bring lumber down the cliffs from a sawmill in the upper Glenn Creek valley. The last homesteader left the upper valley in 1958, and the road was closed although parts of the current park had been public property since the 1930s.
Trail Stats
5.0 km
157 m
187 m
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