Cavitt Creek Falls Recreation Site sits on Cavitt Creek in Douglas County, about 19 road miles east of Roseburg and a few miles south of Glide. The Bureau of Land Management's Roseburg District runs it. The draw is a single eight-foot fall that splits around a cluster of boulders into two channels and drops into a wide bowl of deep green water. That bowl is the swimming hole, and the rest of the site is arranged around it: a day-use area on the bank above, a stairway down to the water, and a ten-site campground on the slope behind.

From Roseburg, take Highway 138 east 16.5 miles, turn right on Little River Road and go 6.7 miles, then right on New Bridge Road, which becomes Cavitt Creek Road. The site is 3.2 miles up, at 1,050 feet. Do not confuse it with Cavitt Creek County Park, a separate Douglas County park at the covered bridge near the mouth of the creek, several miles back down the road.

Day use is free. Camping is $14 a night for one of 10 sites on three terraced levels, four of them on the water, with no hookups and a 34-foot vehicle length limit. Sites are reservation only through Recreation.gov, with no first-come first-served, and check-in is 1:00 p.m. against an 11:00 a.m. check-out. The posted season runs May 20 to September 26. There is drinking water, vault restrooms, and tables and a grill in the day-use area. Firewood is not sold on site.

No lifeguard works here at any hour of any day. Flow is the thing to understand before you get in. The nearest long-record gauge, USGS 14318000 on Little River at Peel just downstream, has a median April flow near 640 cubic feet per second against roughly 25 in August. In spring the falls run hard and the pool churns and the water is painfully cold. By late July the creek has dropped to a fraction of that, the pool clears, and the shallow edges warm up enough for small kids. The pool is deep against the far wall and shallow over a bedrock apron on the near side. People jump from the rock at the lip of the falls, and the landing depth changes month to month, so anyone jumping should get in and check it first. Submerged boulders sit right at the base of both channels. Salmon and steelhead climb the falls from September into April.

Dogs are allowed on a leash of six feet or shorter everywhere except the swimming area, where they are not permitted at all. Trout fishing on Cavitt Creek and Little River is restricted to artificial flies and lures, late May through mid-September. This is the least accessible developed site on the Roseburg District because of the terraces. Parking, campsites, restrooms and water spigots have wheelchair upgrades, and there is an accessible waterfall viewing spot in the day-use area, but there is no accessible route into the water. Campfire rules shift with fire season. A Stage 2 fire prevention order issued by the district in June 2026 banned open fire on Roseburg BLM land except at four named campgrounds, and Cavitt Creek Falls is one of the four, so check the order in force before lighting anything. Wolf Creek Falls Trail, a 1.2-mile walk to a taller waterfall, is a few miles back up Little River Road.