Has anyone made the trip from the airstrip (3S6) to the falls? Looking at google maps, I'm guessing it's 4-5 miles each way

Are there any tools/apps out there that can give approximate hiking distances between two points on a map such as this?

I use this site a lot for trip planning. http://new.nowcoast.noaa.gov/ I like it because it has some great weather features, and you can bring up different base maps including satellite imagery and detailed topo maps. Turn off the visible satellite layer (cloud cover), and click on base map to switch to topo and zoom in. Has a scale in the lower left corner so you can judge distance pretty accurately.

I haven't hiked it but have driven the long route shown here. https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Toketee ... 633971!3e2
I have hiked a lot in that area just using dead reckoning with a map and compass. it is pretty easy terrain but no guarantee about the ease of a direct route from the airfield to the falls.

CFOT wrote:I use this site a lot for trip planning. http://new.nowcoast.noaa.gov/ I like it because it has some great weather features, and you can bring up different base maps including satellite imagery and detailed topo maps. Turn off the visible satellite layer (cloud cover), and click on base map to switch to topo and zoom in. Has a scale in the lower left corner so you can judge distance pretty accurately.

I like it! I foresee many wasted work hours in my future spent learning my way around that site

I figured out how to get the approximate distances on google maps, but didn't have any luck on my tablet last night. Much easier on a computer with a mouse.

Not sure what options there are on a tablet, but I'm sure they are numerous, just not free. You might be able to do this in the iPad version of Google Earth:

1. Go to this website.

2. Click the button to "View in Google Earth".

3. It will download a .kml file, click it to open it in Google Earth. If using mobile, you might have to copy the URL for later use.

4. You'll see the Earth Point Top Map overlay appear in your Temporary Places. Make sure it's selected. It will show "downloading" for a few seconds.

5. Zoom way in on the Tokatee airstrip, until it's like half the screen. The resolution of the topo overlay will increase as it loads a different scale version and show more detail.

6. Use the ruler tool, change to "path" mode, and start clicking points along a winding trail. It will tally up the distance and display it.

A cool app that I use is called "measure your land". It is great for calculating multi point distances and different land areas. I think that Takate falls is at least 5 miles from the strip, but the North Umpqua River Trail is one of the sweetest single track trails around for mountain biking.

Planimeter is also a great measuring app for android.

Disclaimer: I have no experience with Toketee Airport, though I have visited Toketee Falls while in the Crater Lake/Roseburg, OR area.

My personal favorite mapping website for planning hiking trips is caltopo.com. They have lots of different layers to choose from, including USGS quads, US Forest service quads (where available in national forests, more detailed and up-to-date than USGS quads), google satellite, terrain, maps etc. You can also "ghost" layers on top of each other and change their transparency, like google satellite with a US Forest service quad map overlay. I find that this is as good of a tool as I have found for planning hiking routes and measuring distances. It also can snap your distance measurement tool to follow a trail.

[url]CalTopo.com[/url]

Watson Falls is closer to the strip. 4ish miles down the road. I like to hike down to Fish Creek as it is very secluded and beautiful!


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Thanks for all the tips!