Lower Ruckel Creek Falls via Historic Columbia River Highway State Trail is a 2.2-mile out-and-back near Fort Rains, WA. The route reaches Lower Ruckel Creek Falls. It climbs 290 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi141 – 289 ft2.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Gorge Trail #400 45.64141, -121.92555
Nearest town Fort Rains, WA
Directions
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Lower Ruckel Creek Falls via Historic Columbia River Highway State Trail
2.2 mi · ▲ 290 ft · 53 min
Elevation 139–288 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Gorge Trail #400 · 45.64141, -121.92555
Weather Sep 4: Light drizzle, high 69°F / low 54° · precip 56% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:42 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on 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 miReach Lower Ruckel Creek Falls, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miContinue straight onto Gorge Trail #400, heading W.
- 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
75% paved25% dirt
Weather
Light drizzleTemperature 69°F54°
Precip56%Wind4 mphUV5Humidity60%
Rained 0.3″ yesterday · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperatureRain chance
70°50°
Sunrise 6:34 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:42 PM
Sat
70°54°
30%
Sun
74°55°
36%
Mon
74°53°
24%
Tue
81°56°
Wed
91°61°
Thu
83°65°
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Gorge Trail #400 Trailhead
- Adult Fish Holding Ponds–Adult Ponds, 8 lakes 4.5 mi · ▲ 1,221 ft
- Wauna Viewpoint–Gorge Trail #400, 3 sights 4.6 mi · ▲ 1,338 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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