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Silver Falls State Park near Silverton, Oregon, is nestled in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains. Often called the crown jewel of the Oregon State Parks system, it is Oregon’s largest state park, covering 9,200 across. The Park includes 10 magnificent waterfalls.
At the beginning of the twentieth century, very few people living outside of what was to become Silver Falls State Park had seen the many magnificent water falls in the area. From 1906 to 1926, photographer June Drake brought the area some national attention as he tried to persuade the federal government to set the land aside as a national park. However, he failed to convince the National Park Service, and so he turned his attention to the State of Oregon.
Oregon’s Silver Falls State Park was opened to the public in 1933 on land that had been set aside in 1931 by the Oregon State Highway Commission. The Silver Falls State Park infrastructure was built between 1935 and 1942 by the men of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and the skilled workers of the Works Projects Administration (WPA). The park is located in a temperate rainforest that gets about 80 inches of rain each year.
From the parking area there is a trail that leads to the North Falls and allows visitors to view the falls from the large cave behind the falls.
The Trail to the Falls
The Falls
Behind The Falls
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