Hiking the STEEP Stairs Up Above Royal Terrace Falls! | McDowell Creek County Park | Oregon | 4K

McDowell Creek County Park is managed by Linn County in Oregon. The area can be best captured by a very comfortable 1.7 mile, approximately 300 FT Elevation Gain Loop that parallels both Falls Creek and McDowell Creek and hikes by Royal Terrace Falls (119 FT, Tiered Waterfall) and Majestic Falls (39 FT, Curtain Waterfall). Lower McDowell Falls is near the lower parking lot and not part of the classic Loop Trail. To access it, go to the right of the Trailhead Signage Map through a series of individual day use picnic sites and you will fine a narrow trail that leads down to Creekside with two different vantage points of Lower McDowell Falls (Tiered Waterfall). In my humble opinion, this is a world class Waterfall hike with three GORGEOUS Waterfalls, a bit of an undiscovered gem and most definitely worth hiking and exploring!