Natural Bridge Campground – BOOTS on the TRAIL

Rogue Gorge Trail (Union Creek, Oregon) 15-Nov-2018

2018-11-152022-01-30Posted in Hiking, Southern OregonTagged Beckie's Cafe Oregon, Day Hiking, Hiking, Natural Bridge Campground, Rogue Gorge Trail, Rogue River, Southern Oregon, Union Creek, Upper Rogue River, Upper Rogue River Trail #10342 Comments

We hiked our first Rogue River-related trail (to Boundary Springs) in 2012. Over the next six years, we hiked all of the other river-related trails between the springs and the ocean, culminating (we thought) with the Lower Rogue River Trail this year. Having thus declared victory, we were chagrined to find we’d missed one. Map-gazing revealed the Rogue Gorge Trail (USFS #1034A), which links the Rogue Gorge Viewpoint to the north with the Natural Bridge Viewpoint to the south. This slight required remedy!

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Upper Rogue River Trail (Natural Bridge to River Bridge) 24-Jun-2016

2016-06-252022-01-29Posted in Hiking, Southern Oregon, U.S. RiversTagged Crater Lake National Park, Day Hiking, Hiking, Natural Bridge Campground, Oregon, River Bridge Campground, Rogue River Trail, Takelma Gorge, Upper Rogue River, Woodruff Bridge Picnic Area

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 we did the ~8 mile section from Natural Bridge Campground, past Woodruff Bridge and the Takelma Gorge, to River Bridge Campground. Unlike other sections of this trail, the trail here was great – and the Takelma Gorge (which we hadn’t visited before) was an amazing sight!

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Upper Rogue River Trail (Big Bend to Natural Bridge) 27-Mar-2015

2015-03-272022-01-28Posted in Hiking, Southern Oregon, U.S. RiversTagged Beckie's Cafe Oregon, Big Bend (Upper Rogue River), Day Hiking, Farewell Bend, Hiking, National Recreation Trail, Natural Bridge Campground, Oregon, Rogue River, Southern Oregon, Upper Rogue River, Upper Rogue River Trail #1034

Upper Rogue River Trail Big Bend Natural Bridge Oregon

The Upper Rogue River Trail (USFS #1034) follows the Rogue River for about 47 miles from near its headwaters at Boundary Springs in the northwest corner of Crater Lake National Park to the North Fork Dam Recreation Area outside of Prospect, Oregon. The trail can be day hiked in sections between readily accessible trailheads. Today we did the short (~7 mile) section from Big Bend to Natural Bridge and allowed for slow going due to winter storm damage and limited trail maintenance.

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