Cascadia State Park Swimming Hole

Cascadia is a great state park with activities for people of every age. There are short hikes: on leads to a waterfall and another goes along the river with many forks and places to explore. There are great swimming holes all along the river (unfortunately not wheelchair accessible :( ) and many access points. Also found another waterfall hidden close to the most popular swimming hole. Not only that but the park has a very interesting history that we learned about from a park host talk being a native american living area from as long as 12000 years ago. (Many secrets to unlock at Cascadia if you only know where to look.) The park also has a interesting more recent history of having a natural soda spring which became very popular and the site once held a hotel and a 80 horse barn and even a bottling company until the great depression. The state eventually bought the land and the commissioner of Oregon wanted to bring it back to its natural state. The only evidence of the soda spring is a pump and small area where people drank from it. Campground is clean and well maintained some very large pull through spots and other smaller, slightly secluded spots along the creek or among the trees. Great open area for star gazing where the Elk migrate every year. Park is only open during the summer season.