Solitude is the norm and crowds are the exception at the family-friendly falls ensconced in Oregon’s Cascade Range.
Home to more than 200 named waterfalls, Oregon is a waterfall chaser’s paradise. The falls are often so fanciful that they look like a scene straight out of a Tolkien tale.
The most popular falls are found in the Columbia River Gorge, where 2 million people mass at Multnomah Falls and companion cascades each year. Wondrous waterfalls also are ensconced in the remote North Umpqua Canyon, where solitude is the norm and crowds are the exception.
Delightful Drive and Dancing Water
The section of the Rogue-Umpqua Scenic Byway nicknamed the Highway of Waterfalls winds along the 34-mile untamed stretch of the North Umpqua River. The nose-pressed-to-the-glass drive features myriad majestic falls and an abundance of rowdy rapids and rock-ribbed gorges gouged out of the Cascade Range in south central Oregon.
