SWEET CREEK FALLS

SWEET CREEK FALLS, IONE, WASHINGTON

WATERFALL : Sweet Creek Falls
DROP: About 30'
WATERFALL TYPE: Cascade to a bowl plunge
DISTANCE CAR TO FALLS: .5 miles
MAPS: Colville N.F., Sullivan Lake Ranger District 509.447.7300
GPS: 48°49’46” N 117°23’84” W

DESCRIPTION:

As you drive up to Boundary Dam, Pewee Falls, Metaline Falls, stop by the Sweet Creek Rest Area.
At the rest stop, the trail is a paved and ADA accessible to the Sweet Creek Falls. Its only .5 miles and you will not regret the time spent to see it.
The actual falls cascades down a gentle slope, before it plunges off the rim. At the bottom, the falls is a large bowl that the creek circles and falls into.

OPTION #1

On your way up to the falls, notice a path above the creek. This path will take you up to an incredible view of the bowl from above.

DIRECTIONS:

From Newport, WA., head north on Hwy 20 to Tiger, WA. At Tiger, turn right (N) up Hwy 31. When you pass the Selkirk High School, in less then 1/2 a mile stop act the Sweet Creek Rest Area. From the rest area is the Sweet Creek Falls Trail. Its a very cool set of falls

COOL THINGS CLOSE BY:

Tiger, Ione, Boundary Dam, Pewee Falls, Gardner Cave at Crawford State Park, Sullivan Lake, Elk Creek Falls, the Columbia River, and the Salmo-Priest Wilderness.

HAZARDS:

ALL WATERFALLS ARE A HAZARD, DUE TO THEIR SLIPPERY NATURE. ALWAYS BE EXTRA CAREFUL NEAR ANY WATERFALL.
The path above the paved trail can be slippery. Please do not go beyond the railing.

R & P:

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