Little more than an hour’s drive south of Portland is one of Oregon’s prettiest places: Silver Falls State Park. Its 9,000 acres are home to 10 dramatic waterfalls, all joined by a 7.2-mile trail.

Little more than an hour’s drive south of Portland is one of Oregon’s prettiest places: Silver Falls State Park. Its 9,000 acres are home to 10 dramatic waterfalls, all joined by a 7.2-mile trail.

The parking lot for the Abiqua Falls Trailhead is about a 35-mile drive east of Oregon's capital, Salem, or 11 miles south of the town of Scott's Mills. According to the hiking website AllTrails ...