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Jovi Loves Greenwater Park

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Jovi Loves this Little Park  Greenwater Park in Oakridge Oregon  

Salt Creek Falls ...

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Salt Creek Falls is Oregon's second highest single drop waterfall, cascading 286 feet (87m) The observation platform at the top of the waterfall is 50 yards (45.720 m) from the parking lo t The platform is wheelchair accessible with railings that accommodate wheelchair sight-lines  A steep trail from the platform to the waterfall's base is short, but is not wheelchair accessible due to numerous stairs. A loop gravel trail (Salt Creek Falls Trail #3673) with interpretive signage offers a short hike with multiple vantage points along the canyon rim. Salt Creek Falls Observation Site is normally closed in winter. To access the viewpoint, you can park at the  Salt Creek Sno-Park  and walk 0.4 miles along the road to the falls. Accessibility: The observation platform is wheelchair accessible with railings that accommodate wheelchair sight-lines. The loop gravel trail (Salt Creek Falls Trail #3673) with interpretive signage offers a short hike with multiple vantage points ...

Dee Wright Observatory Old Mckenzie Highway Oregon

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McKenzie Highway (242) and you will find the unusual and historic Dee Wright Observatory settled atop vast, black lava flows. Located in the Cascade Range at 5,187 feet, this mountain observatory offers panoramic views across 65 square miles of black lava rock that looks so much like a moonscape  Completed in 1935 by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), the observatory was named in memory of Dee Wright, the crew’s foreman who passed away the year before. As you make your way up to the observatory, you will find interpretive panels with accounts of early travelers and area geology. Continue up the stairs to the roof and you will discover a bronze peak finder with the names and elevations of the surrounding buttes and mountain peaks. Inside the observatory, openings frame the surrounding mountain peaks. NASA conducted drills with astronauts as they prepared to travel to the moon Access is dependent on McKenzie Highway (OR Hwy 242), which is closed in the winter . Was Very Wind...