Silver Falls State Park Photos

South Falls Lodge

Yesterday I found myself in Silver Falls State Park, a park famous for its "Trail of Ten Falls," a special 7-mile loop trail that passes by 10 major waterfalls as well as a number of side-streams. By taking a short cut I got to see just about all of them in the eerily misty day that followed a night of light snow, and I saw 8 of the 10 majors falls as well as walking over the barely-mentioned Frenchie Falls and another unnamed seasonal waterfall. Here is a small sample of the photos I took quickly during the hike.

First stop: South Falls, a 177-foot graceful beauty and one of the most photogenic waterfalls I've ever seen.

We got there just at the time of morning that the sun

 started to shine through the mist and hit the falls.

South Falls "negative" - Into The Abyss

Enchanted forest sunlit through the mist

Looking down on South Silver Creek

Walking behind Lower South Falls

Lower South Falls

Lower South Falls

An unnamed waterfall

Lower North Falls. The logs are much more impressive in person. The falls is 30 feet tall.

Drake falls. At 27-feet tall, this waterfall is terribly unphotogenic

Double Falls is the tallest waterfall in the park. At 178 feet, it's a foot taller than South Falls.

Middle North Falls

Middle North Falls

Winter Falls

Some of the few remaining autumn leaves in front of Winter Falls

Enchanted forest

Enchanted Forest

Guardian Tree

North Falls, a very powerful 136-foot drop. Also a great deal colder than the South Falls area.

Peering at a misty North Falls. It looks peaceful here, but it's a huge falls and roars a huge roar.