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   COAL CREEK FALLS

RATING - 16.0

VR - 4 (Med/Sm)               HR - 1                  SR - 12/20

TYPE OF APPROACH - Trail

DIFFICULTY - Fairly Easy

LOCATION - Cougar Mountain Wildlife Park

TYPE - Horsetail

HEIGHT - 25'

WIDTH - 10'

This pretty waterfall occurs where Coal Creek slides about 20' over a pretty waterfall before spreading out and dropping another couple feet in a pretty fan shape.  The falls are viewed from a nice bridge right in front of the waterfall.  There are several other small waterfalls in the park and the low elevation makes this a nice winter hike when other waterfalls are snowed in.  It's not a big waterfall by any stretch of the imagination, but it's pretty and relatively easy to get to.

For a slightly longer hike, once you get to the falls continue along the falls, turning right at the fork in about 1/2 a mile onto the Indian Trail.  Take a right again at the next fork and follow the trail for another 1/2 a mile or so to the parking lot.

DIRECTIONS - Head east on I-90, take exit #13, and turn right towards Newcastle.  Park at the Red Town Trailhead on the left side of the road in 3 miles.  Head up the trail and take an almost immediate left onto the Cave Holes Trail.  Follow this for 1/2 a mile and turn right onto the Coal Creek Falls Trail (all the forks are signed).  From here it's another 1/2 a mile to the falls.

NEARBY WATERFALLS - North Fork Falls
ADDITIONAL PHOTOS (CLICK TO ENLARGE) AND VIDEO
Coal Creek Falls from the bridge    

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