Silver Falls State Park
Do you like waterfalls? Of course you do. If there's a better place in the universe to view as many in so short a time, amid so much beauty, I'd like to know about it.
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Year round.
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Pros
- Ten (count ’em) waterfalls in an 8.7 mile loop.
- Or – more manageably with smaller children – eight in a 4.2 almost loop: park at the North Falls trailhead, hike up to Double Falls, then loop back via the Winter Falls trailhead. Or the opposite.
- Waterfalls you can walk behind. The South and North falls are the most accessible examples, but the Middle North Falls are the best.
- All so beautiful you will have a hard time believing it.
- Considering quite how lovely it is, not that busy.
- Reminds you why you live here and why you will never leave.
Cons
- Day use permits required, available at both the North and South Falls trailheads.
- You got me, it’s totally not in Portland. But it is a pretty drive.
in the area
Shellburg Falls are close by, but you won’t be going there on the same day. Silverton itself is a pretty little town.
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Latourell and Wahclella are our other favorite child-friendly waterfall hikes.
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First posted: April 13, 2015; last updated: July 25, 2017.
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20024 Silver Falls Hwy SE Sublimity, OR 97385 [Google map].
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