Dillon Falls (also known as Nugget Falls, Hatrue Falls or Tolo Falls) are a series of
rapids
Rapids are sections of a river where the river bed has a relatively steep gradient, causing an increase in water velocity and turbulence.
Rapids are hydrological features between a ''run'' (a smoothly flowing part of a stream) and a ''cascade''. ...
along the
Rogue River in the
U.S. state of
Oregon just north of the town of
Gold Hill Gold Hill may refer to:
Canada
* Gold Hill, British Columbia
United Kingdom
* Gold Hill, Shaftesbury, Dorset, a steep street used in Hovis commercial
United States
;Alabama
* Gold Hill, Alabama
;California
* Gold Hill, El Dorado County, C ...
in the east stretch of the
Rogue River–Siskiyou National Forest.
Location
Dillon Falls are near
Grants Pass along
Interstate 5. They are located on a section where the Rogue River funnels into a narrow channel shortly before reaching the main drop of the waterfall, approximately 10 feet high ending on a calm pool. Considered Class IV rapids, the stretch of Dillon Falls continues with two whitewater waves a short distance from another rapid waterfall,
Ti'lomikh Falls.
See also
*
List of waterfalls in Oregon
References
{{Protected Areas of Oregon
Waterfalls of Oregon