Natural Bridge Viewpoint Day Use Area

At Highway 62 mile 54.9, turn toward Natural Bridge Campground and follow signs 0.7 mile to the Viewpoint at the day use area. If you have not visited before, it is worth taking time to walk the interpretive path and see the natural bridge—a striking geologic feature where the Rogue River disappears into a roughly 100-foot lava tube. Unload boats in the Natural Bridge Day Use Area parking lot. This is not a designated river access, so unload efficiently and without impacts to other users (don't linger or change clothes in the middle of the parking lot). All routes to the river begin by walking down the paved visitor trail. One option is to cross the footbridge, step over the stone wall, continue downstream through the trees, and scramble down to a put-in on river right. Another is a river-left seal launch beneath the footbridge, though this approach is discouraged when tourists are present.