Eleeen 



Vacation Land — The National Forests in Oregon 



Crater Lake : 



lal Park and Crater National Forest. 



Forest, such as Natural Bridge, Union Creek, Silver Creek, and Whiskey Creek. 

 Horse feed is not abundant at these camp sites, and at some is lacking entirely. It 

 is ^nse, therefore, to take plenty of grain if the trip is made ^vith horses. One 

 enters the Crater National Forest about 5 miles above Prospect, through a rustic 

 portal, and travels through a dense forest of tall Douglas fir, yellow pine, and sugar 

 pine. Signboards have been placed along the road by the Forest Servdce, calling 

 attention to a number of natural features of interest. Among these are the Natu- 

 ral Bridge of lava rock, under which Rogue River plunges, and the Rogue River 

 Gorge just above Union Creek, where the river roars through a box canyon ^rith 

 perpendicular rock sides. 



From Crater Lake one may go out on the east side of the Cascades, via Fort 

 Klamath, north to Bend and The Dalles, or south to Klamath Falls and California. 

 The road through the National Park and the Crater National Forest follows the 

 course of Anna Creek, which flows through a narrow canyon vdth precipitous 

 slopes. The road at points approaches so close to the edge of the canyon that one 



