The parking lot for the Abiqua Falls Trailhead is about a 35-mile drive east of Oregon's capital, Salem, or 11 miles south of the town of Scott's Mills. According to the hiking website AllTrails ...

While many guidebooks emphasize the waterfalls of the Cascade Mountains or headlands of the Oregon ... are hikes typically are accessible within 10-20 minutes of places such as Portland, Salem ...

A broken trail bridge on a popular waterfall hike near Florence is scheduled ... Zach Urness has been an outdoors reporter in Oregon for 18 years and is host of the Explore Oregon Podcast.