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

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)

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')

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/41100836

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/41125431

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/41100915

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.