Watson Falls

Coppertone and I found a few cars in the parking area for Watson Falls though we ended up only seeing one other person on the trail.

A set of stairs starts off the hike, which develops into an interesting and fun slalom course through a large boulder field.  As you get closer to the falls and the mist builds up the trail turns more muddy.

Watson Falls bills itself as the highest waterfall in SW Oregon.  We don't doubt the title, but what we do wonder about is the varying numbers given for its height.  Depending on which sign you read it can be anywhere from 272 to 293 feet.

The trail continues past the wooden viewing platform in a series of switchbacks which promises to get somewhat closer to the falls.  But when it made a turn that made us question how much longer it would go away from the falls we opted to turn around and return to our starting point.  We had one more hike to complete on this day.