Dry Creek Falls–Lower Ruckel Creek Falls, 4 sights is a 9-mile out-and-back near Fort Rains, WA. The route passes Lower Ruckel Creek Falls before reaching Dry Creek Falls at the turnaround, 4.5 miles in. It climbs 1,499 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 11/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi105 – 925 ft · steepest grade: 22%9.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Gorge Trail #400 45.64015, -121.92411
Nearest town Fort Rains, WA
Directions
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Dry Creek Falls–Lower Ruckel Creek Falls, 4 sights
9 mi · ▲ 1,499 ft · 3 hr 45 min
Elevation 105–926 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Gorge Trail #400 · 45.64015, -121.92411
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:42 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Gorge Trail #400, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left onto Eagle Creek Campground Loop, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Gorge Trail #400, heading NW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Historic Columbia River Highway State Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miPass Lower Ruckel Creek Falls.
- 0.6 miBear right onto Gorge Trail #400, heading NE.
- 1.3 miContinue straight onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading NE.
- 1.7 miTurn right onto Dry Creek Falls Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miReach Dry Creek Falls, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading N.
- 1.7 miContinue straight onto Gorge Trail #400, heading W.
- 1.3 miBear left onto Historic Columbia River Highway State Trail, heading NE.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Gorge Trail #400, heading W.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Eagle Creek Campground Loop, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Gorge Trail #400, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 350 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
79% dirt18% paved3% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:42 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Gorge Trail #400 Trailhead
- Lower Ruckel Creek Falls via Historic Columbia River Highway State Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 290 ft
- Adult Fish Holding Ponds–Adult Ponds, 8 lakes 4.5 mi · ▲ 1,221 ft
- Upper Munra Falls & Gorge Trail #400 via Forest Road 8400-777 4.7 mi · ▲ 1,325 ft
- Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness Viewpoint–Adult Fish Holding Ponds, 9 lakes 8.5 mi · ▲ 2,285 ft
- Lower Ruckel Creek Falls–Buck Point Trail #439, 4 sights 8.6 mi · ▲ 4,012 ft
- Munra Point–Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness Viewpoint, 10 lakes 8.8 mi · ▲ 3,349 ft
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