Yamhill County

I really should have gone to this waterfall earlier in the spring. The water coming over wasn't as impressive.

Pheasant Creek Falls is the superior attraction of the paired waterfalls at the end of the Oregon's Niagara Falls trail. With a considerably larger drainage area than the stream producing neighboring Niagara Falls, Pheasant Creek drops over a scenic two-stepped fall - first rolling over a rounded 18-foot tall drop into a narrow alcove, then plunging freely for 106 feet into a huge amphitheater doused on all sides with moss and lichen. Because Pheasant Creek isn't a large stream at all, as the volume of the stream subsides during the summer the falls become an excellent spot to take an invigorating shower during the hottest days of the year.

The Siuslaw National Forest officially lists the falls at 112 feet tall.

I wasn't happy with the colors in the color version of this. It may have been the color temperature difference between the outside natural light and...