You can walk behind four of the ten waterfalls that give the Trail of Ten Falls its name here in Oregon'slYou can walk behind four of the ten waterfalls that give the Trail of Ten Falls its name here in Oregon's largest state park. Those four all-access cascades include North Falls , the one we see plummeting amid the misty green embrace of the park's fir forest. Beyond the ten cascades on the trail, at least seven more named waterfalls await in these 9,000 acres of protected wilderness. Most of the surrounding forests had been heavily logged by the start of the 20th century. In 1933 the Silver Falls region was established as a state park. Two years later, Silver Falls was declared a National Recreation Area, and by 1948, Silver Falls State Park had gained 5,000 additional acres of forest land, more than doubling the park’s acreage... See more See less
