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The Upper Rogue River rushes over the course of numerous falls over its 200-mile journey to the Pacific Ocean.
11. Rogue Gorge
After exploring the national park, backtrack on Rte. 62 to the town of Union Creek, which
was once a base camp for the Civilian Conservation Corps. Like the government workers
before them, today's sightseers are bound to be impressed by the local landscape.
While in the area, visit the Rogue Gorge Viewpoint, where it is easy to see why the
Rogue River is so aptly named. Churning wildly—unbridled and uncontrolled—the Rogue
roarsthroughanarrowbasaltcut.FarthersouthatNaturalBridgeViewpoint,thewaterway
ducks out of sight, flowing through an underground channel; still tumultuous, it reappears
fromthegroundabout200yardsfartherdownstream.Theroutefollowstheriversouthand
west, crossing the stream repeatedly on numerous bridges.
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