National Creek Falls – BOOTS on the TRAIL

Remembrance of Trails Past (November 2020)

2020-11-232020-11-23Posted in Hiking, Southern OregonTagged Day Hiking, Hiking, Huckleberry Mountain Oregon, Hummingbird Meadows, National Creek Falls, National Recreation Trail, Southern Oregon, Union Creek, Upper Rogue River3 Comments

A while back, I found a charming little hiking guide from 1969 that the Rogue National Forest had assembled for the area around Union Creek on the Upper Rogue River. Most, but not all, of the listed trails were short and went to a lake or creek or something scenic. Nothing epic that would dissuade people from getting out of their cars for a brief hike in the woods. Possibly this was an odder activity then than it is now? Anyway, I recognized some but not all of the listed trails. And of the ones I did recognize, the guide’s description sometimes didn’t tally with what we’ve found during hikes on or near them in recent years.

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Upper Rogue River Trail (Hamaker Campground to Foster Creek) 16-Sep-2016

2016-09-172022-01-29Posted in Hiking, Hiking (Bike Assist), Southern Oregon, U.S. RiversTagged Beckie's Cafe Oregon, Crater Lake National Park, Day Hiking, Foster Creek, Hamaker Campground, Hiking, National Creek Falls, National Recreation Trail, Oregon, Union Creek, Upper Rogue River, Upper Rogue River Trail #1034

The Upper Rogue River Trail (USFS #1034) is a National Recreation Trail that closely follows the Rogue River for about 47 miles from its headwaters at Boundary Springs in the northwest corner of Crater Lake National Park to to the North Fork Dam Recreation Area outside Prospect, Oregon. The trail can be day hiked in sections between readily accessible trailheads. Today I finished another section – from Foster Creek to Hamaker Campground, going from south to north to accommodate a hike & bike approach. The LovedOne had a doctor’s appointment plus she was concerned that this section would be the same unmaintained mess as was the Foster Creek to Big Bend section (post), so I was on my own for this one.

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