/ TO GLENDALE GAL/CE, GRANTS P'ASS ~ TO MAR/AL, ILLAHEE. GOLD BEACH R ~ I I "\ R. JW . 1 R r· w. I/ • Protect public and private property. While ·;?' ~ j ! you enjoy nature now, earn the to Port land ~""'~'.'.' I .... K•l•oy I '== ~ appreciation of those who will follow you. .... ;'. i: ~ Peak l 3 449 I • Be careful with fire. Build campfires only Classification ~ --'-- ·- --Ll --+ '" ~ r - _ I- ""-·----I ~ ( in safe places where they can be In October 1968, Congress passed the Wild and Scenic extinguished completely. Never leave a Rivers Act. This Act recognized that certain rivers in ) :' fire unattended. Be especially careful the possessed outstanding scenic, during dry weather. Report all recreational, geologic, fish and wildlife, historic, - ) ,/ uncontrolled fires to the Bureau of Land cultural, or other similar values. It set forth l Management, Forest Service, or State management objectives and requirements. An 84-mile --+-r-----''-- --1------...-. --i-+ '- t o Port Orford Forestry Department. segment of the Rogue River, averaging one-fourth mile ·;,.,, on either side, was designated under this Act. The area .... • If lost or injured, keep calm. Improvise a designated extends from the mouth of the Applegate l'""" t:A~:~~~,;:<:t> ( shelter to keep dry and warm. To summon River near Grants Pass to the mouth of Lobster Creek 3 682 help, use three signals that can be heard near Gold Beach. The Act provided three river (\Hungr or seen. classifications-wild, scenic, and recreational . I <.. ·"'Hill ---+--~~ -s: The Wild River classification requires that the river be /ohri=n °"" • Avoid over-exertion. Be careful. s,,,,,, ~ free of impoundments and generally inaccessible • Bring your own drinking water or purify all except by trail or boat, with watersheds or shorelines Gold Beach GRANTS PASS water taken from streams in the area by essentially primitive and waters unpolluted. The l 1>oj l boiling or by using water purification objectives of this classification are to provide river­ i ~x_{:.. '-w 1ft c urrent. wandered off and was INTERSTATE ROUTE experience. • Keep a clean camp and leave a clean R1 v£•r con 0.1 1t ·r · i Hl ' .-,h own 111 blue Characteristics 15.4 Kel sey Creek camp, on narrow bench .... •Bears are becoming increasingly the rive r here for a time. Another s m all , thoroug h search. FOREST SERVICE ROUT E bold along the river. They are Jur1 11q nor1n.il •lHTlfl ll r fl ows are described, beside cascading stream. Ke lsey Creek and Un usual variety characteri zes th e f lo ra and active s lide can be seen across th e river in Because of this BUILDING learning t11 at people mean but v...-111 ViJry w11t 1 c h , 1n g <' ~1 1n water levels o r Kelsey Canyon are named for Colonel John fau na of the Rog ue River country . Thi s is the sheared rocks of the Cedar Mountain incident, the stream M INE groceries. Secure your food riv1 rh Pd cond1t 1ons. 8Pfo re running Kelsey, who led a group of territorial the result of geologic history, geo graphi c faul t zo ne. was named John Mule RECREATION SITE and discourage their unf.: 11nll1n r rapid s, h o at0 rs sh ould scout the vo lunteers against Chief Jo hn's Indian Creek, but later location, and climati c differences from 3.9 Doe Creek Camp on south side. presence in camp. s. 1tuat1on fro 1n tt1c bank 1f a safe route forces in the spring of 1856. shortened to Mule BOAT RAMP mountain valley to ocean shore . To cl1nnot s t~l'n f1 or 11 tile boat. ' maintain this unique heritage for others to be 4.4 Alder Creek. 16. 4 Corral Creek. Creek. There is also a ,. . discover, it must be protected. Do not Mule Mountain nearby. ;; - IN FOA MATION CENT ER o.o Grave Creek boat land ing and Rogue -- :...-.Ric ti 4. 7 Booze Creek. 16.6 Battle Bar was the site of an The tale ended happily damage or remove living plants. Because of River tra il head, on north bank just below c indecisive skirmish that characterized the several years later when % WILD & SCE NIC RIVER BOUNDARY the scarc ity o f dead wood, campers a re bridge at confluence o f Grave Creek with Tyec ll 1p1ds c-,c OUT IN G Rogue River Indian War of 1855-56. Williamson found hls ;: encouraged to carry pressure stoves. Eve ry Rog ue River. Grave Creek gets its name RECO MMENIJFD Steep drop with huge bolll an Indian skirmish. <1> 00 00 "-"'~~ - ,~I Resources 21.0 Rodriquez Memori al. Luis Rodriquez SLM-Bureau of Land Management :c.... 0. - 0. (,) 1.7 Side trail to Rainie Fa ll s camp. Washboard and Plowsh d. re Rt~r1d ~ Rocky, died when struck by a falling tree while •Fee charged -~ -;;;"' "' -om-E "' -E oc Large rock at bottom splits 11 1,, rrv ur /?> cna: t- o a:: TSON BRI GL j mouth of the Applegate River downstream resulting from a narrow zone of intense 1970, this area was a blazing inferno fanned Windy Creek Shutes. Short. heavy chutr White Horse Park (JC)• x x x x x to Lobster Creek, are included under the alteration that made rocks of Rogue by strong winds which carried the fire x -l x - -x~---+---+- x TY) Matson Park (JC) x National Wild and Sceni c Rivers Act of formation more resistant to erosion. 9.1 Bunker Creek. across the river, burning a total of 2,900 Griffin Park (JC) x X, --J x x x x x 1968. The 47 miles above Marial are acres. The fire was man-caused. Rainie Falls. PORTAG E MANDATORY. 9.1 Big Windy Camp on sou th side of River _Upper Ferry Park (JC) x x 1- -1---+-- x x administered by the Medford District of the Boats can be lined through th e more Robertson Bridge (JC) x- +- x -+-77x-if-- Upper Black Bar Falls. SCOUTIN G Long Gulch Riffle - 1-- x Bureau of Land Management, and the 37 gradual channel along ttw north bank. Hog Creek Landing (JC) x 1-- °" + x --<~x~-+ RECOMMENDED. Steep drop with rocks Johns Ri ffle. Lo ng rocky chute; large rock. 1- X miles below Marial are adminis tered by the Indian Mary Park (JCr x 1---- x x -+--x~-' x -+-x - - Siskiyou Nationa l Forest of the Forest 2.1 China Gulch. and holes. Narrow chute against right wall --+--x . Magg 1cs Riffle. Rainbow (BLM) +-- x x_4- +-~x-+----+~x, __ Service. Both agencies are guided by a 2.6 Hansen Saddle fault. Th is fault zone, Lower Black Bar Falls. Sh ort , steep, heavy Ran d_iBLM.[ x x- -1-- x x __)(_ China Bar Rap id s. cooperative, unified plan for management the first of two the trail crosses within a chute. Almeda Bar (JC) x ~-rt+- x --J- x -+~~,,.___--+--_,.,~,__-1---'x-'----+---'-x'--- 1 of the Rogue Wild and Scenic River area. mile, is several hundred feet wide. Shiny, 23.0 Rogue River Ranch. About 1880, the Grave CreekJ:BLM) x 9.6 Side trail down to river. Reservations +-- x ----j x x Land s managed by the Bureau of Land greenish-black rock called serpentine was first white man to settle in this area built a Rainie Falls (SLM) are required for accommodations at Black Management and th e U.S. Fores t Service squeezed like toothpaste into the weakened small log cabin on the large flat, a short Whisky Creek (SLM) X ' x "" x x Bar Lodge, across river. provide varied natural resources. These fault zone from deeper in the earth. distance downriver. The large, two-story Big Slide (BLM) x x x ,, ,,...,___ +- -+- -r----x r- x-+----I include timber, fo rage, water, minerals, 10.3 Little Windy Camp Is on south side of house below the trail was constructed in Doe CreekJBLM.[ 3.2 An old trail used by early miners which x- ~' - -!--- x x wildlife, and many kinds of outdoor River. 1903 and first served as a trading post and WildcatI BLM) descended from Mt. Reuben was used unti I -1- x~-+---- I recreation opportunities. Use of these later as a vacation retreat by subsequent North Russian Creek (BLM) _( x +-x---+- 1963 when a new trail was constructed ~,.~ .. ~, ...... , resources is balanced to obtain the Little Windy Riffle. owners. The ranch and its pleasant Big Windy (BLM) x x x through the rocky canyon below Grave optimum combination of products and surroundings are preserved as a National Little Windyj?LM) Creek. Mt. Reuben and Reuben Creek, 10.9 Jenny Creek Camp is on south side of x~---t--1----i---;~;--i---;x;....--1--~ services for the benefit of the public. Register Historic Site. Visitors welcome. Jenny Creek (BLM) which flows into Grave Creek, were named Rive r. Toilet on north side of ri ver x -1-----+- 1--~ ~~-+----- 1 Horseshoe Bend (BLM2 _ for Reuben Field, who fought in the Rogue Horseshoe Bend. Rocky. First half is the x x 23.2 Trail joins Marial road, which Meadow Creek (BLM) x'-li-1-~x --+-- River War in 1855. While his army company more difficult. continues to the community of Marial. Dulog (SLM) was trying to cross the Rogue River, he Proceed straight ahead along road. + I ~_, ,_,_x-+----1------r---.]_~,...... ~~+---- 1 T. 36-S-.-- 11.1 Horseshoe Bend Camp is on north side Kelsey Creek (SLM) ' jested that it was a good time for the R£S£ R VOr ~. , I East Mule Creek Camp & West Mule Ditch Creek_@LM_L ~ . L_ fORE5T SEifviQ: Indians to make another attack. They soon of River. No water at this site. x x x Creek Camps. Battle Bar (BLM) % did, and his name perpetuates memory of 11.1 Horseshoe Bend. Because the rock }- 1-- -l ---<---+-~x, -+--~x~-+--- I " Hewitt Creek]!IL~ i the event. across the river is harder, it forced th e river 23.4 Side road to nearby Tucker Flat camp, Lo n..ll_ Gu Itch (BLM) ' ~ -} } to carve its channel into the adjacent so ft er situated on a large level area adjacent to l '"'---. 3.3 Whisky Creek camp. A more secluded East Mule Creek (BLM) ! ~+i- x x x v• rock, creating the tight horseshoe-shaped Mule Creek. l --- West Mule Creek (BLM) u!s hiker's camp is at Big Slide, .4 mile - curve. downstream. About one-fourth mile up 23.5 Mule Creek bridge. Mule Creek was Tucker Flat (BLM) x l ~ ~ T1 ~ ~fNTOF AGR\tJ Whisky Creek is a: I O NUM E:N ' S'r .. T E: P.._ R Hugg ins Canyon. Named after a fam ily that have a shu ttle vehicle at your take-out Black-tai led deer an d Roosevelt elk browse I ' I I lived on Half Moon Bar. point. in the side glens and rid ges of the Rogue ! Kimbal l Hill • \ ! . .i f.63 9 I River country. Bl ack bear fish for salmon at --"'t the edge of the water. Careful observation SkOQku m ho use c ~91 Butte .... · r f Rogue River Recreation Facilities may reveal raccoon or mink. Th e chatter of Hubbard Mound , ..... Douglas squirrel (chi ckaree) warn of man's I ( Lower W ild section I ,... ., presence. It's a rare privi lege to see a ,) !) ringtailed cat or cacomistle, since the Site Name Access to Site Faci I ities I'. ,-/ (I) Rogue is the northernmost range of this . i ~~~-----:;) . " ' , I -» FS-Forest Service - graceful, nocturnal, desert animal, friend ly 0 ' ' Wildho:~ ,e - ( • Fee charged ~ a. "' "'a. \ -g Ill - c pet of early prospectors . Otter > ;;; E " E 0 I .;-- Prnicio), ,. .-" 0 0"' Point ! a: ii: ID 0 a. \ ~ ·.. - a: ~ "' Lizards, skinks, newts, and salamanders ' abound, but only occasionally might one ' ~ Blossom Bar (FS) +-x x x i flECHEAT! Of;.J/!J:llMJ-'k, _ ELK O RECRE'ATIJJ,N SI TE 6. 5 Ml see a ring-necked snake, king snake, Gleason Bar (FS) x +- - rattlesnake, or western pond turtle. 'T ... -t-- Brushy Bar (FS) x + 1\.---+- t l ~ 1 ~ Tate Creek (FS) x x x x i . . Fish : . Camp Tacoma (FS) x x 1 x x Fish use the Rogue River as nursery, home, "' Foster Bar (FS) x x x t x x and highway. Anadramous fi sh- salmon, i The following topographic quadrangle maps lllahe (FS)• x x x x __ )) Quosatana (FS) • x x x x steelhead and sea-run cutthroat- migrate ~ show the Rogue River from Grants Pass to x x Lobster Creek (FS) x x x !- x x x up the river to gravel beds· suitable for 'i Gold Beach: Grants Pass, Se lma, Glendale, I x spawning. Young fish trave l back down to ' Galice, Marial, Agness, Col lier Butte, Port the ocean to grow to maturity; then the ~ l Orford, Go ld Beach. Th ey can be purchased cycle is repeated. Varyi ng life cycles of I from the Geological Survey and from some different species re sult in fish migration at stati onery or sporting goods stores. most seasons of the year. Major speci es found in the Rogue include chinook salmon, coho salmon, steelhead trout, 11 cutthm at trout, rainbow trout, sh ad , sturgeon, carp, sucker, lamprey, red-sided Pretty please. shiner, sculpin, stickleback, and dace.