Routes in the Siuslaw & Smith River Area

Routes

(1) Siuslaw River Road, Smith River Road, and connecting roads

• This page has the routes for both river roads and the roads that connect the two river valleys.

(2) Old Stagecoach Road

• This out-and-back route travels from the Whittaker Creek Recreation Site to the town of Swisshome. 33 miles; +1120'; 70% unpaved

(3) Roman Nose

• This route climbs to Roman Nose Mountain from the Whittaker Creek Recreation Site over mostly paved roads. 31 miles; +3360'; 8% unpaved.

(4) Clay Creek to North Wolf Creek Loop

• This loop route begins at the Clay Creek Recreation Site. 31 miles; +2500'; 41% unpaved

(5) Bikepacking loops

• This page describes multi-day bikepacking loops in the area.

• Clay Creek to Smith River Falls Bikepacking Loop: A two day bikepacking route  

• Mapleton to Florence Bikepacking Loop: A clockwise loop with the possibility of camping or staying in a motel in Florence (64 miles; +4335').  

• Whittaker Creek – Florence – Reedsport Bikepacking Loop: A four day bikepacking loop, with the possibility of staying in a motel in Florence and/or Reedsport (144 miles; +8070').

Maps of the area

Routes under review

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Routes from Whittaker Creek Campground

#1: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/44911219 (uses Dunn Ridge, Roman Nose, and Esmond Creek)

#2: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/44911349 (uses H line and Wolf Creek)

#3: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/44911443 (uses Linslaw Tie Road + 126 and Roman Nose)

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Routes from Clay Creek Campground

#1: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/44911817 (uses M line)

#2: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/44911864 (uses "Wolf Creek") (31 miles; 2520')

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HH

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/41100836

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/41125431

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/41100915 

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North Fork Smith river road, NF-48 is paved almost all the way to just past the NF-23 junction. 

NF-23 is paved all the way to Kentucky falls. 

Sweet Creek is paved to the summit, 13.4 miles from where it starts off 126. From there its gravel until it intercepts NF-23. 

NF-4830 (Popo Road): At the top of the sweet creek climb, there is another road, NF-4830 which is good gravel that turns into a delightful paved descent down to south canary road, south of the NF-24 junction.