Niagara Falls

The falls are located off the Nestucca Byway, southeast of Tillamook. Follow US 101 14 miles south of Tillamook and turn left onto Blaine-Nestucca River Road. Follow this road for about 11 ¾ miles. At this point, you should see signs for Clarence Creek Falls pointing towards the left, and directly across the road is another road that leads in the opposite direction. Turn right at this junction, cross the Nestucca River and proceed for a little over 4 miles to an intersection. Turn right again, following the direction of a sign marking "trail". Follow this road downhill to the parking area and trailhead. The Niagara Falls trail departs from here and winds down an easy mile to the falls and a picnic table near its base.Far from the grandiosity of its eastern counterpart, Oregon's Niagara Falls evokes a sense of serenity as it sprays 134 feet over a dark basalt escarpment. Because the unnamed stream feeding the falls loses much of its volume in the dry months this is definitely one to visit in the winter and spring. By the end of July, the falls will be a shadow of their true self - though admittedly much better to take a shower under. The Siuslaw National Forest officially lists the falls at 107 feet tall, but no further sources could corroborate this measurement. We surveyed the falls in March of 2013 and found it to stand 122 feet tall, while one meter LIDAR models indicate the total drop to be 134 feet (which is likely a more accurate measure than our measurements due to the issue of foreshortening).Confusion has surrounded the naming of the waterfalls along the Niagara Falls trail. First of all, neither of the falls at the end of this trail are on Niagara Creek. Niagara Falls was named due to its proximity to Niagara Point. For the longest time it had been assumed by nearly everybody that the waterfall on Pheasant Creek was the real Niagara Falls, but the Siuslaw National Forest seems to have recently clarified the confusion, asserting that this is indeed the correct waterfall to apply the name Niagara with (it makes sense too, since the falls drain directly from Niagara Point).