Toketee Falls in southern Oregon can be viewed from a platform after a 0.4-mile hike. Vickie Connor/The Oregonian This 0.8-mile roundtrip hike is short, yet steep with several sets of stairs.

Hikers start out at the Watson Falls Trailhead, a large and well-maintained U.S. Forest Service site, where there is ample parking and a vault toilet, found on the side of Oregon 138 about 45 ...