Big Spring Creek Falls, Gifford Pinchot National Forest

#10 among attractions in Gifford Pinchot National Forest

Nature, Natural attraction, Waterfall

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Big Spring Creek Falls is a three-tiered waterfall along Big Spring Creek, originating high on Mount Adams, with a total height of 49 ft. Its main drop is 25 ft feet. It cascades down among a dark forest, surrounded by mosses and ferns. The falls are located within eyesight of Forest Route 23, and is a popular stop for travelers passing by, heading to the Midway High Lakes Area and Takhlakh Lake from Trout Lake or the Lewis River. The falls is managed by the Gifford Pinchot National Forest. ()

Average width: 10 ftHeight: 49 ftCoordinates: 46°13'55"N, 121°37'30"W

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Big Spring Creek Falls – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Takhlakh Lake, Olallie Lake, Horseshoe Lake, Midway High Lakes Area.

3.4 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Takhlakh Lake, Gifford Pinchot National Forest
86 min walk • Takhlakh Lake is a lake situated 7.3 miles northwest of Mount Adams in the U.S. state of Washington. It is fed by a few small unnamed inflow creeks originating near Takh Takh Meadows, tributary to the Cispus River.
4 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Olallie Lake, Gifford Pinchot National Forest
101 min walk • Olallie Lake is an alpine lake and one of several in the area fed by streams coming off the glaciers from nearby Mount Adams. A small, but popular Olallie Lake Campground offers scenic camping as well as non-motorized boating and fishing experiences.
6 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Horseshoe Lake, Gifford Pinchot National Forest
154 min walk • Horseshoe Lake is a lake situated in the east side of the Midway High Lakes Area below Mount Adams' northwest flank. The lake is popular for camping, quiet boating, and hiking and biking on a trail halfway around the lake.
3.4 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Midway High Lakes Area, Gifford Pinchot National Forest
88 min walk • Midway High Lakes Area, also known as High Lakes Area is a United States Forest Service designated area located in Washington’s Cascade Mountains. It lies on a high plateau on Mount Adams' northwestern flank.
5.5 miE
Natural attraction, Natural feature
Adams Glacier, Mount Adams Wilderness
140 min walk • Adams Glacier is situated on the northwest flank of Mount Adams, a 12,281-foot stratovolcano in the U.S. state of Washington. Much of it becomes the source of Adams Creek, a tributary of the Cispus River. It is the largest glacier on Mount Adams.
4.8 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Waterfall
Swampy Meadows Falls, Gifford Pinchot National Forest
123 min walk • Swampy Creek Falls is a scenic, two-tiered horsetail waterfall along an unnamed tributary of the White Salmon River, originating from Swampy Meadows, on Mount Adams west slope, with a total height of 52 ft. Its main drop is about 30 ft feet.
5.9 miSE
Natural attraction, Natural feature
White Salmon Glacier, Mount Adams Wilderness
150 min walk • White Salmon Glacier is located on Mount Adams in the U.S. state of Washington. The glacier starts southwest of the summit crater at an elevation of 11,600 ft. Ice flows southwest downhill until the glacier's terminus at about 9,600 ft elevation.
4.9 miE
Natural attraction, Natural feature
Pinnacle Glacier, Mount Adams Wilderness
125 min walk • Pinnacle Glacier is located on the west slopes of Mount Adams a stratovolcano in Gifford Pinchot National Forest in the U.S. state of Washington. The glacier descends from approximately 10,000 ft to a terminus near 7,200 ft. Pinnacle Glacier lost 7 percent of its surface area between 1904 and 2006.
1.8 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Waterfall
Babyshoe Falls, Gifford Pinchot National Forest
47 min walk • Babyshoe Falls drops 200 feet, with a main drop of 130 feet, in Babyshoe Pass. It is on an intermittent stream that drains a small marsh on the south side of Babyshoe Pass, at an elevation of 4,046 feet.
2.5 miSE
Natural attraction, Forest
Gifford Pinchot National Forest, Mount Adams Wilderness
64 min walk • Gifford Pinchot National Forest is a National Forest located in southern Washington, USA, managed by the United States Forest Service.
2.7 miN
Mountain pass, Nature
Babyshoe Pass, Gifford Pinchot National Forest
69 min walk • Babyshoe Pass, is a high pass within Gifford Pinchot National Forest. Forest Route 23 traverses the pass, northwest of Mount Adams in the State of Washington, between Mount Adams flank to the east and Babyshoe Ridge to the west.