Munson Creek Falls – Maddy's Big Little Life

Dad and I took a short drive just south of Tillamook today and hiked to Munson Creek Falls.

Entrance to Munson Creek State Park is 7 miles south of Tillamook on Highway 101

Latitude 45.36222 N

Longitude -123.76889 W

Elevation 740 feet

The hike to the falls is an easy one but really pretty.

The best part might be Munson Creek. I got to play in the water.

The trail was built by the Boy Scouts in the early 1960’s and is maintained very well by the Oregon State Parks.

Lots of new smells.

Munson Creek and its falls were named for Goran Munson, a settler who moved to Oregon from Michigan and homesteaded along the banks of Munson Creek in 1889.

Munson Creek drops down one of the most impressive waterfalls in Oregon’s Coast Range. The falls were for the longest time cited as dropping 266 feet in three tiers. Oregon State Parks however has cited the falls as standing 319 feet tall and the topographic maps support this figure.

Munson Creek Falls is a rather scenic, and rather impressive waterfall indeed. The small size of Munson Creek only becomes a detriment during the dry periods of the year (July to October generally), and when the canyon has leafed out during the late spring, the whole area glows green. Unfortunately logging has recently taken place right up to the lip of the amphitheater above the falls, which has seemingly resulted in several slides and trees falling into the canyon (including two new ones wedged in the falls itself).