Golden and Silver Falls don't rank among the tallest waterfalls in Oregon (at 254 and 259 feet, they rank 21st and 20th, respectively), and they're certainly not the easiest to access, but a trip ...

Silver Falls Hospitality was one of five companies that bid for the new contract to manage concessions at the park, which runs from 2025 to 2030, but it ultimately lost out to Guest Services ...

The marquee hike of Silver Falls – and perhaps of all Oregon state parks – is the Trail of Ten Falls, a 7.2-mile loop that circles the park.

1. South Falls At a 177-foot drop, South Falls is Silver Fall State Park’s tallest waterfall. You can easily see this waterfall just a few minutes into the Trail of Ten Falls.

Silver Falls State Park gets almost 1 million visits per year; Golden and Silver Falls gets about 15,000. Directions: From Coos Bay, follow Coos River Highway 241 to the small town of Allegany.

On a single hike through Silver Falls State Park’s forested canyon you can visit 10 spectacular waterfalls, five of them more than 100 feet tall. The path even leads through mossy caverns behind ...

August 01, 2023 at 12:35 pm PDT Silver Falls State Park, often referred to as the “crown jewel” of the Oregon State Parks system and the largest park, just got a lot more accessible. On July ...

Drive another 12 miles to Silver Falls State Park and make a right, following signs to Smith Creek Village, and proceed for 2 miles. The described hikes begin at the Upper Smith Creek Trailhead.

Credit: Tree Climbing at Silver Falls __ Let's Get Out there airs once a week on KGW's 4 p.m. newscast and The Good Stuff, which airs Monday-Thursday at 7 p.m.

For more than a decade, Silver Falls was effectively two different parks, split in half by Highway 214. Silver Creek Falls State Park was on west side, with the waterfalls and canyon.