Opal Creek Wilderness
The Opal Creek Wilderness and Scenic Recreation Area total 35,000 acres of low elevation Ancient Forest. Opal Creek is the largest uncut watershed in Western Oregon. Through these forests, the river falls 1,200 feet from one crystalline pool to another, meandering along centuries old Douglas Fir and Hemlock that fill the valley. Many of these trees are as large as 10 feet in diameter and 200 feet tall. Audubon Magazine’s 100th Anniversary edition named Opal Creek one of the top 10 gems preserved over the last century in the United States.
There are a network of trails of varying degrees of difficulty throughout the area.
The most popular being the hike along a century old mining track to the historic mining camp of Jawbone Flats, now the “Opal Creek Ancient Forest Center”.
For more information visit www.opalcreek.org
