Swimming hole
Tamolitch Blue Pool
McKenzie Bridge, Oregon
A startlingly blue pool where the McKenzie River reappears from underground lava.
- Cost
- Free
- Time to allow
- 2 hours
The river vanishes into porous lava upstream and surfaces here in a deep pool of clear, deep-blue water. The walk is 3.6 miles round trip along the McKenzie River Trail. The water is around 38F and has caught out swimmers, so most people look and a few brave ones jump in.
Good to know
- Water is about 38F; swimmers have drowned
- Cliffs around the pool are hazardous
- Parking fills early in spring and summer
- Best time
- Weekday mornings in summer
- Open
- All year; falls are seasonal
- Getting there
- 3.6 mile round trip walk on the McKenzie River Trail from the trailhead off Highway 126
- Vehicles
- Fine in any car
Facilities
- Toilets
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