National Creek Falls is a waterfall from National Creek, that plunges into a grotto surrounded by a meadow of mosses on the west skirt of the Crater Lake National Park, north of Union Creek, Oregon.[1]

National Creek Falls
National Creek Falls
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LocationDouglas County, Oregon
Coordinates43°01′53″N 122°20′41″W / 43.03141°N 122.34466°W / 43.03141; -122.34466
TypeCascade, Plunge
Elevation3,863 ft (1,177 m)
Total height40 ft (12 m)
Number of drops1
Average width30 ft (9 m)
Average
flow rate
150 cu ft/s (4.2 m3/s)

History

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National Creek Falls lays adjacent to Diamond Lake Road off US Route 62. The road was once a wagon route used for travel from the Rogue Valley to the newly discovered gold mines in the John Day Valley. The drainage of National Creek was then a popular layover site for miners and stock-men travelers that passed at Lake West towards the John Day Valley. After a fire devastated the area in the early 1860s the route was reopened in 1910 by the Forest Service, now known as Diamond Lake Road.[2]

Trail

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National Creek Falls is located on pumice flanks of Mount Mazama with basalt outcropping that diverges the creek into a wide waterfall. The National Creek Falls trail starts off Crater Lake Highway and descends through a shaded, mixed conifer forest, ending at the base of National Creek Falls, totaling 0.75 mi (1.21 km).[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "National Creek Falls - Douglas County, Oregon". Northwest Waterfall Survey. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  2. ^ a b "National Creek Falls Trail #1053". United States Department of Agriculture - Forest Service. Retrieved 10 June 2017.