Granite Falls
Jackson County, Oregon
Your visit at a glance
- Waterfall height
- Not recorded
- Location
- Jackson County, Oregon
- Access status
- Partial guide: exact trails and distance from P-4 not described
- The walk
- Distance not stated
- Ground & access
- Park trails in a steep granitic canyon; some trails are rated difficult at 12 to 20 percent grade.
Granite Falls is a seasonal waterfall that slides down a sheer wall of granite in Forest Park, a Jacksonville city park on Reservoir Road. The Jacksonville Review describes a hike up to the falls above Parking Area P-4 through smooth boulders and along a deep erosion gully, with a bench at the falls. The Halls of Manzanita Trail passes below Granite Falls, and the challenging Pipsissewa Trail links Parking Area P6 with the Halls of Manzanita Trail below the falls. No source gives the exact trail sequence or distance, so check the trail maps at the park kiosks. This listing is taken to be the Forest Park falls named in these sources; the match is by name and location, not by published coordinates.
Plan your visit
Jacksonville Forest Park on Reservoir Road, hiking up from Parking Area P-4 to Granite Falls
No source gives a distance. The Jacksonville Review describes a hike up to Granite Falls above Parking Area P-4 but does not name the trails or give mileage.
Park trails in a steep granitic canyon; some trails are rated difficult at 12 to 20 percent grade.
Where to start
Forest Park parking areas along Reservoir Road. From Jacksonville, take Highway 238 west and turn right on Reservoir Road for about one mile. The Jacksonville Review places the falls above Parking Area P-4; the Pipsissewa Trail starts at Parking Area P6. Reservoir Road is shared with a motorcycle riders association, and weekend traffic can be heavy.
Timing & water
Water flows about half the year; expect it dry in the dry season.
Before you go
No fee is mentioned.
Visitor informationVisit sources
- Jacksonville Review: Trail Talk (Forest Park geology)
- Jacksonville Review: Trail Talk (Forest Park geology)
- Jacksonville Review: Trail Talk (Pipsissewa Trail)
- Travel Southern Oregon: Forest Park, Jacksonville
- Travel Southern Oregon: Forest Park, Jacksonville
- Jacksonville Woodlands Association: Forest Park
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