Saturday, December 5, 2009

Silver Falls State Park



The only thing on today's agenda was a visit to Silver Falls State Park, in my opinion one of the jewels of Oregon. Silver Falls is an amazing park, and is Oregon's largest state park. The main park attraction is the "Trail of Ten Falls", a hiking trail which passes... you guessed it: ten waterfalls! And, five of them are over 100 feet tall! Pictured above and below is South Falls, possibly the most popular waterfall within the park. South Falls drops a total of 177 feet.



Below: Middle North Falls. This one is my favorite waterfall in the park, mostly because I think it is the most photogenic. There is also a nice little side trail that brings you behind the waterfall. If you look closely at the image below, you can see me standing behind the waterfall. Middle North Falls measures in at a drop of 106 feet.



Below: Here's what Middle North Falls looks like from the "front".



Below: A "zoomed in" exposure of the top section of Middle North Falls.

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