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PUBLISHED RESERVE: $485,000
LAST ASKING: First Time Offered
SIZE: 40± Acres
ELEVATION: 3,046± Feet
ZONING: FC – Forest Conservation
PROPERTY INSPECTION: Locked Gate – Walk In
Only. Entry Permit Required
FINANCING: None – All Cash
DESCRIPTION: Gooch Falls, a 40± acre property
located within the Willamette National Forest, is the
only major waterfall along Marion Creek, tributary
to the North Santiam River. Acquisition of this 40±
acre tract, which contains Gooch Falls, provides
opportunity for ownership of a rare, private waterfall,
with potential for use as a private seasonal camp or
for obtaining value through a conservation easement.
The tract contains an estimated 33 acres of primarily
well-stocked 60+ year old timber, not impacted by
harvest regulations, which could provide significant
near-term cash flow. It is estimated that 60% of the
volume is Douglas-fir, with the balance a mix of
western hemlock, true fir, western red cedar, and
some red alder. Please see Supplemental Information
Package for timber stand description report.
Marion Creek has its headwaters at Marion Lake,
Oregon’s largest wilderness lake. One of the major
trailheads to the Mt. Jefferson Wilderness is located
a mile east of Gooch Falls, with access from Highway
22 at Marion Forks, by both the Marion Forks Fish
Hatchery, and Marion Forks Campground.
Marion Creek Road, USFS 2255, provides access to
the northwest corner of the 40± acre tract. There is
a gated entry road that provides access to the area
which contains the trail to Gooch Falls.
Please use
extreme caution on trail when viewing the waterfall.
Gooch Falls is 90± feet in height and has an average
width of 110± feet, and pitch of 90 degrees, according
to Northwest Waterfall Survey. Marion Creek runs
through the middle of the tract.
Gooch Falls was first discovered in 1874. In the 1880s,
Nathan Gooch took a squatter’s claim to the land by
the falls, and remnants of a log cabin, located near the
waterfall, remain still. It has been identified as Gooch
Falls since 1970.
Gooch Falls Timber Property within Willamette National Forest near Mt.
Jefferson Wilderness, Linn County, Oregon