Smith River Falls
UnverifiedBeginner (0-30 ft)43.78850, -123.81810
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A 10-foot ledge falls into a deep rectangular pool in a rocky canyon of the Smith River, 26 miles up Smith River Road from Reedsport. Flat rock ledges around the pool for jumping and sunbathing, a rope swing in the big pool below the falls, and more pools up and downstream.
Jumps at this location
Ledge beside the falls
10 ft
Beginner (0-30 ft)
Canyon rock
20 ft
Beginner (0-30 ft)
Warnings
Slick rock at the lip of the falls and current below it in early summer. Scout the rope-swing landing.
Access
US 101 north of Reedsport to Smith River Road, then 26.5 miles east along the river to the Smith River Falls Recreation Site (BLM, free day use, campground Memorial Day to September 30). Parking right at the falls.
Best conditions
July through September. The Smith is a Coast Range river and runs low and warm by midsummer.