Taylor Creek - Grants Pass, Oregon
Taylor Creek is made for hiking, fishing, gold panning and hunting.
Located in the Siskiyou National Forest is some of the most beautiful scenery God ever created.
It can be reached by following the mighty Rogue River out of Merlin and cutting south on Briggs Creek Road.
There are miles and miles of hiking trails along
Taylor Creek and they can be accessed by a host of trail-heads so that you can pretty much select the difficulty and length of your hike.
There are hundreds of beautiful waterfalls and tranquil ponds along
Taylor Creek.
This trip in late Fall is so peaceful, the colors are spectacular and
the waters are low enough that the falls that are normally underwater
are now all adding to the charm of
Taylor Creek by creating sounds exaggerating their size.
Doing
their best "Niagara" imitations, they funnel the waters through
channels and chasms normally hidden from sight, and the sounds of
rushing water are magnified by the close proximity of the creek walls.
Numerous
gold mining claims are indicated by signs attached to trees along the
miles of creek. Mining has been profitable in these valleys in Oregons'
colorful past and just because you may not see a claim marker that
doesn't mean the land is not claimed. Huge numbers of gold claims are on
record for all of the rivers, streams and creeks in this area.
No
one will keep you from traveling through a gold claim, but if you plan
to do some "panning" make certain to check the public records before you
go.
These trails along
Taylor Creek go from "near the road" to so far down you can only see the sun for a half hour a day when it's directly overhead.
