Sweet Creek Hike
From Oregon Hikers Field Guide
- Start point: Sweet Creek Homestead Trailhead
- End Point: Sweet Creek Beaver Creek Trailhead
- Hike Type: Out and Back
- Distance: 5.2 miles
- Elevation gain: 650 feet
- High Point: 620 feet
- Difficulty: Easy
- Seasons: All year
- Family Friendly: Yes
- Backpackable: No
- Crowded: Yes, between Homestead Trailhead and Sweet Creek Falls.
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Description
With four different trailheads along this 2.6 mile trail, there are many options for different length hikes. The most popular is the 2.2 mile out and back hike from the Sweet Creek Homestead Trailhead to Sweet Creek Falls.
When the water level is low in late summer and fall, hikers can cross Sweet Creek just below Sweet Creek Falls and continue upstream to the Sweet Creek Wagon Road Trailhead. At the Wagon Road Trailead, cross the bridge to find the trail to Beaver Creek Falls on the opposite side of the creek.
During winter and spring the best way to see the entire trail is to hike 2.2 miles out and back from the Sweet Creek Homestead Trailhead to Sweet Creek Falls. Then drive 1.5 miles farther up Sweet Creek Road to the Sweet Creek Wagon Road Trailhead. From the Wagon Road trailhead, hike downstream 1.7 miles (return) to Sweet Creek Falls. Then you can walk upstream 1.3 miles (return) to Beaver Creek Falls.
Fees, Regulations, etc.
- Restrooms, picnic area
- This is two separate hikes at high water but can be done as a single hike when water levels are low.
Maps
- Maps: Hike Finder
- Sweet Creek Trails (USFS)
- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service: Siuslaw National Forest
- Pacific Northwest Recreation Map Series: Oregon Central Coast
Trip Reports
- Search Trip Reports for Sweet Creek Hike
- Florence-Sweet Cr. Falls/Old Growth Ridge/Sutton Cr. 2/20/16
- Sweet Creek Falls - 9-may-2010
- Sweet Creek Trail 6/29/15
Related Discussions / Q&A
- Search Trail Q&A for Sweet Creek Hike
Guidebooks that cover this hike
- Best Easy Day Hikes: Salem and Eugene by Adam Sawyer
- Hiking Waterfalls in Oregon: A Guide to the State's Best Waterfall Hikes by Adam Sawyer
- Best Hikes with Kids: Oregon by Bonnie Henderson
- Best Hikes with Children: Western & Central Oregon by Bonnie Henderson
- 100 Hikes: Oregon Coast by William L. Sullivan
- Oregon Favorites: Trails & Tales by William L. Sullivan
- 52 Hikes for 52 Weeks by Franziska Weinheimer (Hike Oregon)
- 75 Hikes in Oregon's Coast Range & Siskiyous by Rhonda & George Ostertag
- Oregon Coast Camping & Hiking by Tom Stienstra & Sean Patrick Hill
- Oregon Hiking by Sean Patrick Hill
More Links
- Sweet Creek Falls Trail #1319 (USFS)
- Sweet Creek Falls (Eugene, Cascades & Coast)
- Sweet Creek Falls (Oregon Wild)
- Sweet Creek Falls (Oregon Adventures)
- Sweet Creek Falls via Homestead Trailhead (Hike Oregon)
- Sweet Creek Hike (Outdoor Project)
- Sweet Creek Falls Trails (Share Oregon)
- Sweet Creek Falls (Oregon.com)
- Sweet Creek Trail (All Trails)
- "Sweet Creek Falls features 11 Oregon waterfalls in hidden canyon near Coast" (Statesman Journal)
- "Lake Creek Falls, Sweet Creek Falls sweet spots in Coast Range near Oregon Dunes" (Oregon Live)
- Sweet Creek Falls (Northwest Wildflowers)
Page Contributors
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