The Siuslaw National Forest is a hodgepodge of land encompassing (according to the USFS) 630,000 acres of coastal land in Oregon, from the dunes of Coos Bay to the rain forest south of Tillamook. It is not continuous, which is unfortunate for off-road travelers like myself, but I am thankful for the large portion of Oregon’s Coast Range Mountains that it does keep open to the public. Kentucky Falls is located on Kentucky Creek which features three waterfalls in this area; the upper falls pictured here, the lower falls, and The North Fork Falls on the adjacent Smith River. I did not have time on this trip, which began near the California border, to hike all of the falls, but the upper falls is less than a mile from the trailhead so I could not pass up the opportunity to at least photograph the upper falls.