Pinard Falls Hike
From Oregon Hikers Field Guide
- Start point: Pinard Falls Trailhead
- End point: Pinard Falls
- Hike type: Out and Back
- Distance: 1.2 miles
- Elevation gain: 230 feet
- High point: 2,840 feet
- Difficulty: Easy
- Seasons: All year, except after winter storms
- Family Friendly: Yes
- Backpackable: No
- Crowded: No
- Pinard Falls Hike Accessibility Information
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Description
Pinard Falls is one of a trio of attractive and easily visited waterfalls in the northern section of the Cottage Grove Ranger District in the Umpqua National Forest. The other two are Spirit Falls and Moon Falls. Many visitors take in all three waterfalls in a single trip, making for a total of 2.8 miles and 600 feet of elevation gain. While in some years, you can visit in any season, bear in mind that there can be winter events, such as a windstorm or heavy snowfall, that might prevent access, especially to Pinard Falls.
You'll first be following an old logging spur through a lush secondary forest. After 1/3 mile the trail leaves the old road bed on the left, and continues to descend to a rock ledge, where you can get your a sighting of 105-foot Pinard Falls. From the ledge, the trail switchbacks down to an overlook that takes in the entire drop. Pinard Falls plunges in an impressive horsetail down a narrow basalt cleft into a deep pool, which is shaded for most of the year. The trails can be quite muddy in the wet season.
Fees, Regulations, etc.
- No fee
- This trail is located in the Layng Creek Municipal Watershed and overnight camping is not allowed.
Maps
- Maps: Hike Finder
- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service: Cottage Grove Ranger District
- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service: Umpqua National Forest
- Pacific Northwest Recreation Map Series: Land of Umpqua
- Pacific Northwest Recreation Map Series: Willamette Cascades
Trip Reports
- Search Trip Reports for Pinard Falls Hike
Related Discussions / Q&A
- Search Trail Q&A for Pinard Falls Hike
Guidebooks that cover this hike
- Cottage Grove Ranger District Recreation Opportunity Guide - Hiking (USFS)
- Best Hikes With Kids: Oregon by Bonnie Henderson & Zach Urness
- 100 Hikes: Central Oregon Cascades by William L. Sullivan
- Hiking Waterfalls in Oregon by Adam Sawyer
More Links
- Pinard Falls Trail #1406 (USFS)
- Pinard Falls – Hiking and Photography (Eugen Outdoors)
- Pinard Falls (Outdoor Project)
- Pinard Falls (Oregon Waterfalls)
- Spirit Falls, Pinard Falls, & Moon Falls (What to Do in Southern Oregon)
- Spirit, Pinard, & Moon Falls with the Swordfern and Row River Trails – 6/17/2020 (wanderingyuncks)
- Hike to Spirit, Moon, and Pinard Falls (The Outbound)
- Waterfall Wandering in Cottage Grove (Eugene Cascades Coast)
- These 3 Oregon Waterfall Hikes Are Short Enough That You Can Do Them All In One Afternoon (Only in Your State)
- "Spirit, Moon and Pinard falls" (Statesman Journal)
- Pinard Falls Trail (All Trails)
- Pinard Falls (Northwest Waterfall Survey)
- Pinard Falls (Oregon Waterfalls)
- Cottage Grove Ranger District Recreation Opportunity Guide - Hiking (USFS)
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