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DIRECTIONS From the intersection of State Highways 502 and 503 in Battleground, drive 5.7 miles north on Highway 503. Turn right on N.E. Rock Creek Road, which soon becomes Lucia Falls Road, and proceed 8.4 miles to the small parking lot for Moulton Falls County Park on the right.

Mt. St. Helens from Bells Mountain Trail

Walk the gravel path that goes east along the road’s shoulder and cross rushing Big Tree Creek on a wooden bridge that parallels the road bridge. From here you walk through the developed area of Moulton Falls County Park, generally looping to the south through a picnic area and past an outstanding swimming hole that is very popular in summer. Pulling away from the picnic area, the wide gravel trail climbs to an impressively tall arching bridge that spans the East Fork Lewis River.

After crossing the river, the 10-foot-wide gravel trail heads downstream through a forest of Douglas firs, western red cedars, bigleaf maples, and red alders towering over an understory dominated by ferns and thimbleberries. At 0.5 mile, shortly after passing the roaring cascades of Moulton Falls, is a junction.