g*;^' Vacation Land — The National Forests in Oregon 



Forage for campers' use is scarce at lower elevations, but there are numerous 

 open parks scattered throughout the higher portions of the Forest where feed, 

 fuel, and water are available without limit. A day's travel from settlement over 

 any route mil bring the camper to the edge of this region, but two or three days 

 are required to reach the most popular localities. Most of the feed areas are grazed 

 over at some time during the season by stock under permit. Suitable camp sites 

 are so generally available in the interior of the Forest that no special localities need 

 be mentioned. 



Fishing is good anywhere in the North Umpqua and its tributaries below the 

 Toketee Falls, about 75 miles east of Roseburg, Fish Creek being the last and best 

 of all. Owing to the height of these falls, there are no fish above this point. Dia- 

 mond Lake has recently been stocked, however, and the upper streams will eventu- 

 ally be supplied from this source. The South Umpqua is not a particularly good 

 fishing stream, although most of its tributaries are fairly well stocked, and Little 

 Fish Lake, near the head of the South Umpqua, is exceptionally good. 



Game is fairly abundant throughout the Forest, but particularly so in the 

 South Umpqua region. Camp equipment, supplies, and guides can usually be 

 secured at Tiller. 



At the headwaters of the North Umpqua River the State of Oregon has estab- 

 lished a bird and game refuge of about 100,000 acres for a period of five years begin- 

 ning November 15,1918. The main object of this refuge is to proiade a natural deer- 

 breeding ground. The boundaries are rather roughly defined, but the hunter should 

 look out for game refuge posters east of Fish and Boulder Creeks. 



Special points of interests on the North Umpqua are : Caps Illahe, at one time 

 famous as an Indian rendezvous and race track; Soda Springs, on the river 6 miles 

 above the Illahe; Toketee Falls and gorge, reached by trail from Big Camas via the 

 Fish Creek Desert Junction; the Hot Mineral Springs on the North Umpqua above 

 Mountain Meadows, Bradley Falls, a few miles below Kelsay Valley; Spring River, a 

 short tributary of the Umpqua, which comes to the surface a full-growTi river; 

 Watson Falls, where the waters of Watson Creek drop over a 300-foot cliff; several 

 small but beautiful falls in the Clearwater River; Diamond Lake at the end of the 

 trail ; and Black Rock, where, from the concrete and glass ranger lookout station, a 

 good view of nearly the whole Umpqua Forest may be obtained. ^Mount Thielson 

 is the highest peak in the Forest, and has an elevation of 9,178 feet. 



