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DIRECTIONS Drive west on State Highway 6 toward Tillamook and park at gravel pull-outs on either side of the road just after you pass milepost 20.

The trail goes 80 yards west along the highway shoulder and then descends a flight of moss-covered stone stairs to a large wooden bridge over a rocky gorge on the Wilson River. Once across the bridge, the trail crosses a small flood-damaged area and then climbs 150 yards to an unsigned junction with the Wilson River Trail.

You turn right (upstream) and wander gradually uphill through a lovely woodland dominated by red alder and vine maple. Although you can hear the sounds of traffic on nearby Highway 6, the landscape feels and looks like a remote wilderness. This is particularly true in the spring and summer when the deciduous trees have all their leaves and effectively block any view of the road. Another advantage of a visit in spring or early summer is that the forest is alive with the songs of warblers, flycatchers, thrushes, wrens, and other birds.