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DIRECTIONS Drive west on U.S. Highway 26 to the junction with State Highway 103 (the Jewell Road) near milepost 22. Go 9.2 miles north to the junction with Highway 202, turn right (east), and proceed 5.9 miles to a signed junction with Northrup Creek Road. Turn left (north), go 1.7 miles to the end of pavement, and then drive 3.3 miles on good gravel to the large day-use area and trailhead parking lot just after a bridge over Northrup Creek.

For a clockwise circuit, which saves the best scenery for the end, turn right on the woodchip-covered trail and go 100 yards downstream beside clear Northrup Creek in a loop around the trailhead parking lot. When you come to the road, cross the creek on the road bridge, then pick up the trail again on the left as it briefly loops around a small picnic area. At 0.1 mile you cross a spur of Northrup Creek Road and then begin climbing in a lush second-growth forest of Douglas firs. Just 100 yards later, you go left at a junction with a spur trail to Northrup Creek Horse Camp.