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DIRECTIONS Drive U.S. Highway 26 west from Portland to a junction a little past milepost 38. Turn left (south) on Timber Road, drive 3.1 miles, and then turn right on Cochran Road, which starts as pavement but soon changes to good gravel. At 2.5 miles from Timber Road and 0.1 mile past the turnoff for Reehers Campground, turn left into the signed parking area for the Reehers Campground Trailhead and day-use area.

From the east side of the parking lot, pick up the Gales Creek Trail as it curves downhill and to the west to a meeting with the clear waters of the small Nehalem River. From here the trail meanders upstream, through a bottomland ecosystem of deciduous trees and some surprisingly large specimens of western red cedars. The understory is a tangle of thimbleberry and other thorny shrubs, which effectively discourage any off-trail travel. At about 0.4 mile you reach the road, where you turn left and cross the river on the road bridge. Just 20 yards after this crossing, bear left onto an unsigned road, walk 10 yards, and then turn left onto an obvious foot trail.