COAL CREEK FALLS |
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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' |
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. |
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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 |
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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.