McCloud River Falls Trailhead

Category: Hiking area in McCloud, California

Address: McCloud, CA 96057, USA

Reviews

Akanksha Maurya

May 30, 2021

The trail is longer than what it says online. I would say the trail is about 6 miles out and back (lower to middle to upper McCloud falls). If you are planning to hike, i would recommend starting from middle McCloud falls, the lower falls is more suited for fishing or having a picnic by the water. After finishing the hike, you can always drive to the lower falls for the view, if you'd like. Also, we were very lucky to see a "complete Rainbow" in the parking lot. It was a great day

Logan Jones

Jan 16, 2021

Beautiful with the snow still on the ground. The road is still closed as of this review (1/16/21)... but you can trek down the road and through the snow. Would recommend shoes with good traction. There were areas that were pretty slippery.

Eric Zellhart

Jan 1, 2020

Beautiful waterfalls and nice easy flat hike along the river. Well maintained trails, parking and restrooms. Even have campgrounds... I’ll be back in the summer!

Darsh Patel

Oct 19, 2018

Middle fall is so beautiful! Hiking up from lower fall to upper fall and back takes about 2.5 hours considering the time you spend clicking the might middle falls! ;) All the falls have nearby parking place IIRC! Day time camping is allowed. Great place for fishing too. I saw people picking hazelnuts near upper falls. Easy to spot deers and birds. Overall a great place to spend an afternoon.

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Questions & Answers

How far is the entire trail?

Gayathri Nagarajan | Jun 4, 2022
josh | Jul 4, 2022

It is a 4 mile trail with around 500 ft. of elevation gain.

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With all the Fires in CA, is it safe to hike the MCCloud River trails? How's the smoke/air up there?

marylu javier | Sep 2, 2020
Adrian Broadhurst | Sep 2, 2020

Yesterday all around McCloud upper, Middle and Lower were just a slight haze. Hiking was not affected. Sunset was great

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