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Frenchie Falls
Willamette Valley, Oregon

Frenchie Falls

The story

Hear that off to your right? Thin little thread of water slipping down through the trees. That's Frenchie Falls. Don't feel bad if you almost walked past it. In spring it runs hard, fed straight off the canyon walls. By late summer it's barely a trickle, sometimes nothing at all. It's a small one, but it tells you something honest about this place. The whole canyon is this wet. Water finds every crease in the rock and comes down.

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Where is Frenchie Falls?
Frenchie Falls is in Willamette Valley, Oregon, in Silver Falls State Park. Hear that off to your right? Thin little thread of water slipping down through the trees. That's Frenchie Falls. Don't feel bad if you almost walked past it. In spring it runs hard, fed straight off the canyon walls. By…
Is there an audio tour of Frenchie Falls?
Yes — Frenchie Falls is a stop on the Silver Falls — Maple Ridge Loop self-guided audio tour. The story plays automatically by GPS as you walk there, and works offline. Get the Ranger Tales app on the App Store.
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