National Falls

Your visit at a glance

Waterfall height

Not recorded

Location

Douglas County, Oregon

Access status

Short forest trail to the base of the falls

The walk

0.8 miles round trip, per Oregon Hikers

Ground & access

Switchbacking forest trail; 210 feet to regain on the return. Slippery logs if crossing the creek.

Oregon Hikers: National Creek Falls Hike

This listing's coordinates match National Creek Falls, a 40-foot falls where spring-fed National Creek splits around a basalt outcrop. From Highway 62, take Highway 230 for 6 miles, turn right on FR 6530 for 1.3 miles, keep left at the Y-junction for 2.4 miles, then turn right on gravel Road 300 for 0.1 miles to the trailhead. The trail traverses and switchbacks down through old-growth forest to the top of the falls, then continues down to the end of the trail, where most of the falls can be seen. Oregon Hikers mentions crossing logs downstream for a better view from the other bank and warns that the logs are slippery and treacherous when wet. Return uphill the same way.