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DIRECTIONS Drive west on State Highway 6 toward Tillamook. Just before you reach milepost 35, turn right on the well-signed gravel road to Gales Creek Campground. After about 1 mile, pull into the day-use parking area on the left just before the road crosses a bridge over Gales Creek. This campground is closed from November to May when a gate blocks the access road from Highway 6. The gate is sometimes open during the off-season, but even if it is, do not drive through it—it may close at any time without warning.

Take the Gales Creek Trail to the right (northwest) from the parking area and begin a slow steady climb. For the next 0.7 mile you travel across a hillside about 50 feet above Gales Creek generally staying near the transition line between the second-growth coniferous forests on the slopes above you and the alder woodlands near the stream. The forest floor beneath these trees is covered with a dense mat of sword fern, which grows so profusely it forces out nearly all other understory species.