Then climb onwards another three miles to the fenced viewpoint at Paulina Creek Falls, where the creek launches off a basalt rim and sails 100 feet before crashing onto the rocks below. Just 0.3 mile farther up the trail, you'll reach the end of the path at a road beside Paulina Lake. To the left a few hundred yards is the Paulina Lake Lodge, with a rustic store, a caf , boat rentals, and rentable cabins. If you'd like to return on a loop, simply turn right when you reach Paulina Lake, promptly turn right again on Road 21, and zoom down this paved road eight downhill miles to your car. One lower portion of the trail follows an abandoned railroad grade that was used for logging early in the century.
Water ouzels flit along the creek.
Golden-mantled ground squirrels scamper through the woods. A Trail Park permit is required to park at trailheads in the Deschutes National Forest. If you want to shuttle a car to the upper trailhead so you can ride the trail one-way downhill, you'll have to pay the national monument's permit fee. The Ogden Trail is closed to motorized travel, but expect to meet horses. Exit 22 eastbound toward Bend, which is about 100 miles.