The McKenzie Pass - Santiam Pass Oregon Scenic Byway

Unnamed Waterfall discovered in a meadow

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This little stopping off place is easy to find. If you're heading up the mountain just look on your left. Conversely, if you're heading down, look on the right. After a series of switchbacks the road straightens out. The meadow is the only wide open space you'll see on this route. People have driven into the meadow, and you'll see the tire tracks. People have built fires off towards the trees, and you'll see the fire rings. It's a pleasant place to wander if that interests you. :-) - gm

Discover hiking trails accessed when on the McKenzie Pass - Santiam Pass Oregon Scenic Byway, and others in the Mt Jefferson Wilderness, the Three Sisters Wilderness and the Mt Washington Wilderness in the Willamette National Forest off the McKenzie Pass - Santiam Pass Oregon Scenic Byway.

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Forward ~ Graceful Koosah Waterfall
on the Waterfalls Loop Trail of the McKenzie River.

Back ~ Autumn on the Scenic McKenzie Pass.

Explore the West Cascades National Scenic Byway: Travel Directions, Map & Scenery: mountains, hardened lava flows, wild & scenic rivers, waterfalls, hiking trails, hot springs, mountain lakes, wildflowers, campgrounds; old growth forests. Or, perhaps &, the Willamette Pass in the Cascade Mountains: Travel Directions, Map & Scenery, & the Crescent Lake, Oakridge "Inback" Tour: Directions & Map.

 travel oregon to the summit on the mckenzie pass santiam pass oregon scenic byway: travel oregon in the willamette national forest in the cascade mountains of oregon: the cascades viewed from atop the mckenzie pass santiam pass oregon scenic byway: mt washington, broken top, mt jefferson. Find hiking trails in the scenic mckenzie travel corridor of the willamette national forest just off the santiam mckenzie pass oregon scenic byway: lava river hiking trails, proxy waterfalls hiking trails, linton lake hiking trails, scott mountain hiking trails, lava river hiking trails from dee wright observatory on the summit of santiam pass mckenzie pass oregon scenic byway. find hiking trails in the jefferson wilderness area, the 3 sisters wilderness area, the mt washington wilderness areas of the willamette national forest. travel oregon on the west cascades national scenic byway, the mckenzie pass santiam pass oregon scenic byway, one of the many scenic byways of oregon, in the cascade mountains of oregon, along wild and scenic rivers in oregon: the clackamas river, the wild and scenic mckenzie river, the wild and scenic north fork of the middle fork of the willamette river, see waterfalls, volcanoes, lava flows. hiking trails through old growth forests, along rivers, in the mt jefferson wilderness areas, the mt washington wilderness area, the three sisters wilderness areas. Soak in hot springs along rivers: bagby hot springs, terwilliger hot springs, cougar hot springs, hike to sahalie waterfalls, koosah waterfalls on the mckenzie river, proxy waterfalls in the willamette national forest on hwy 242, the santiam pass mckenzie pass, oregon scenic byway, hike to mountain lakes along creeks. on hiking trails in the willamette national forest, hiking trails in the mt hood national forest of oregon, hiking trails in the three sisters wilderness in the willamette national forest in the cascade mountains of oregon, hiking trails in the waldo lake wilderness in the willamette national forest in the cascade mountains of oregon, hiking trails in the diamond peak wilderness area in the willamette national forest in the cascade mountains of oregon, hiking trails in the mt washington wilderness area of the willamette national forest in the cascade mountains of oregon, hiking trails to the obsidian cliffs, hiking trails on the the mckenaize river: the mckenzie river national recreation trail, waterfalls loop trail, camping in old growth forests all the west cascades national scenic byway in oregon.

You may want to extend the West Cascades National Scenic Byway Tour to include the Willamette Pass in the Cascade Mountains: Travel Directions, Map and Scenery and the Crescent Lake, Oakridge "Inback" Tour: Travel Directions and Map.

The West Cascades National Scenic Byway provides easy access to the Three Sisters Wilderness, the Mt Jefferson Wilderness and the Mt Washington Wilderness, all located in the Willamette National Forest.

If you're heading west from Sisters, Oregon, traveling the McKenzie Pass - Santiam Pass Oregon Scenic Byway and are interested in exploring the West Cascades National Scenic Byway, you may want to turn right on Oregon Hwy 126 when you come down off of the McKenzie Pass - Santiam Pass Oregon Scenic Byway, otherwise known as Oregon Hwy 242, and follow the Oregon Hwy 126 on the West Cascades National Scenic Byway: Travel Directions, Map: north and south, a select few forest service campgrounds on Hwy 126, and Scenery. Or perhaps you might choose to connect with the Over the River and through the Woods Scenic Byway, Oregon Hwy 20. The sign for Hwy 20 is clearly marked from Hwy 126. Take the cutoff for Hwy 20, the Over the River and through the Woods Oregon Scenic Byway and find the graceful South Santiam River, lovely campgrounds and Hiking Trails to wildflowers, amongst old growth forests, in both the old and high Cascades of the Willamette National Forest: Directions to and Descriptions of Trails and Campgrounds.

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