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Location | Cascade Range east of Roseburg in the U.S. state of Oregon |
Coordinates | 43°13′29″N 122°42′56″W / 43.22472°N 122.71556°W [1] |
Type | fan split by a large basalt outcrop near the base [2] |
Elevation | 3,100 feet (940 m) [2] |
Total height | 70 feet (21 m) [2] |
Total width | 25 feet (7.6 m) [3] |
Watercourse | Little River |
Average flow rate | 50 cubic feet per second (1.4 m3/s) [3] |
Yakso Falls is a 70-foot (21 m) waterfall on Little River, in the Cascade Range east of Roseburg in the U.S. state of Oregon. [2] The waterfall is about 27 miles (43 km) from the unincorporated community of Glide along Little River Road (County Road 17), which becomes Forest Road 27. [4]
In Chinook jargon, Yakso means "hair of the head". [5] The waterfall is said to resemble the long hair of a woman. [5]
Yakso Falls Trail, 0.7 miles (1.1 km) long, leads from Lake in the Forest Campground in Umpqua National Forest to the waterfall. [6] The trail, open year-round, passes through selectively logged old-growth forest. [4]
Other waterfalls in the vicinity include Hemlock Falls, Middle Hemlock Falls, and Upper Hemlock Falls (also known as Clover Falls), all on nearby Hemlock Creek, a Little River tributary. Additional falls within 5 miles (8.0 km) of Yakso Falls are Tributary Falls on an unnamed tributary of Hemlock Creek; Cedar Creek Falls on Cedar Creek; Flat Rock Falls on the Flat Rock branch of Clover Creek, and Grotto Falls on Emile Creek. [3] [7] Like Hemlock Creek, Cedar, Clover, and Emile creeks are tributaries that enter Little River downstream of Yakso Falls. [8]
Yakso Falls | |
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Location | Cascade Range east of Roseburg in the U.S. state of Oregon |
Coordinates | 43°13′29″N 122°42′56″W / 43.22472°N 122.71556°W [1] |
Type | fan split by a large basalt outcrop near the base [2] |
Elevation | 3,100 feet (940 m) [2] |
Total height | 70 feet (21 m) [2] |
Total width | 25 feet (7.6 m) [3] |
Watercourse | Little River |
Average flow rate | 50 cubic feet per second (1.4 m3/s) [3] |
Yakso Falls is a 70-foot (21 m) waterfall on Little River, in the Cascade Range east of Roseburg in the U.S. state of Oregon. [2] The waterfall is about 27 miles (43 km) from the unincorporated community of Glide along Little River Road (County Road 17), which becomes Forest Road 27. [4]
In Chinook jargon, Yakso means "hair of the head". [5] The waterfall is said to resemble the long hair of a woman. [5]
Yakso Falls Trail, 0.7 miles (1.1 km) long, leads from Lake in the Forest Campground in Umpqua National Forest to the waterfall. [6] The trail, open year-round, passes through selectively logged old-growth forest. [4]
Other waterfalls in the vicinity include Hemlock Falls, Middle Hemlock Falls, and Upper Hemlock Falls (also known as Clover Falls), all on nearby Hemlock Creek, a Little River tributary. Additional falls within 5 miles (8.0 km) of Yakso Falls are Tributary Falls on an unnamed tributary of Hemlock Creek; Cedar Creek Falls on Cedar Creek; Flat Rock Falls on the Flat Rock branch of Clover Creek, and Grotto Falls on Emile Creek. [3] [7] Like Hemlock Creek, Cedar, Clover, and Emile creeks are tributaries that enter Little River downstream of Yakso Falls. [8]