Approximately 19 miles north of Union Creek off highway 230 is Mt. Thielsen viewpoint. Around mile marker 19 at the Mt. Thielsen viewpoint starts the upper Rogue River Boundary Springs Trail. Some brochures suggest the trail is a 5 mile round trip hike while other brochures suggest it is an 8 mile round trip hike. In either case it is a hike that is worth taking.
As you get closer to the water gushing out of the earth you will come across a waterfall (see photo below). Once we reach the springs we filled up some water bottles with this clean, clear fresh water. The water is extremely cold. We highly recommend the hike if you haven’t done this before, it is spectacular.
Images as you hike to Boundary Springs, Rogue River’s birth place:
The Rogue River was born a River. You can see it coming out of the mountain in the last picture. The water comes from Crater Lake National Park (U.S. National Park Service) in a underground tunnel.
