I recently went down the coast in Oregon and found some things to do in Tillamook. First we went to the Tillomook Cheese Factory and took the free self-guided tour and ate free samples of cheese. Heading south I seen another cheese factory (french cheese) with a free tour and free samples but I didn't stop there. The best place was Munson Falls 7 miles south of Tillomook.
Munson Creek Falls
If time is short and expectations are great, head to the most accessible and impressive waterfall in this neck of the woods: Munson Creek Falls, named for Goran Munson, a native of Michigan who settled the area in the 1890s. A triple horsetail falls down 319 feet, it’s the tallest cascade in the Coast Range, and it’s just two miles on gravel road from Hwy. 101, south of Tillamook.
The trail is less than a mile round trip, a straight shot through big-leaf maple, old-growth Western red cedar and Sitka spruce (including one of the country’s tallest remaining Sitkas, at 260). You can also enjoy red alder, salmonberry, sword ferns and many kinds of moss in a cozy box canyon.
Parking at the trailhead is limited, and there is no — I repeat, NO — turnaround space for recreational vehicles.
Munson Creek Falls
If time is short and expectations are great, head to the most accessible and impressive waterfall in this neck of the woods: Munson Creek Falls, named for Goran Munson, a native of Michigan who settled the area in the 1890s. A triple horsetail falls down 319 feet, it’s the tallest cascade in the Coast Range, and it’s just two miles on gravel road from Hwy. 101, south of Tillamook.
The trail is less than a mile round trip, a straight shot through big-leaf maple, old-growth Western red cedar and Sitka spruce (including one of the country’s tallest remaining Sitkas, at 260). You can also enjoy red alder, salmonberry, sword ferns and many kinds of moss in a cozy box canyon.
Parking at the trailhead is limited, and there is no — I repeat, NO — turnaround space for recreational vehicles.
