Fall Creek Trail

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Difficulty: Easy
Length: 8.0 miles / 12.9 km
Duration: 1-3 hours

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Overview: Begin near the Dolly Varden Campground, and follow the trail along Fall Creek the entire trip. It's very easy, and would be perfect for taking kids. If you bring your swimsuit there are many pools along the trail that you could stop for a swim. At around the 3 mile point you will come across an area that was burned by a fire in 2003.

Keep on going to see the Slick Creek Cave. A shallow cave that Native Americans used to camp at while on hunting trips. Just make sure you cross the highway and go left to catch the trail on the north side of the creek.

Tips: To get here take Hwy 58 east from I-5 for 14 miles and turn left across Dexter Reservoir. Turn left on North Shore Drive, then the first right on Moss St. Keep on this road until turning right on Big Fall Creek Rd (right before a covered bridge). Follow this road (keeping left at the dam) for a little over 10 miles. Park at a trail sign on the right before the bridge at Dolly Varden Campground.

Bring a swimsuit if you want to take a swim in one of the many swimming holes along the trail.

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Dolly Varden Campground

$12 for single sites, $6 per extra vehicle

Campground is open from 4/23/10 to 10/04/10 weather permitting

All Sites are First Come - First Served

This is the entry campground for the Fall Creek Area. It is nicely placed at a turn in the creek, but is close to the road and bridge. Hoodoo certainly manages many campgrounds that are nicer, but this one is popular because it is easily accessible and being right on the water makes it a pleasant place to be. There is no drinking water provided and one double vault style toilet.

This is normally a non-hosted campground, however an attendant from a nearby campground will visit two to four times per day.