Lower Reid Falls
Skagway Municipality, Alaska
Your visit at a glance
- Waterfall height
- Not recorded
- Location
- Skagway Municipality, Alaska
- Access status
- Parking and forest approach documented; short-walk distance unknown
- The walk
- Short forest walk; distance from parking unknown
- Ground & access
- NPS rates the outing easy with 50 feet of elevation gain. Watch for vehicles and trains on the road approach and railroad crossing.
From the Gold Rush Cemetery parking area, walk into the cemetery and follow the short forest trail behind it to Lower Reid Falls. Return on the same route.
Plan your visit
Gold Rush Cemetery parking to Lower Reid Falls
NPS lists 4 miles return for the town outing, not for the short walk starting at cemetery parking. No verified parking-to-falls distance is supplied.
NPS rates the outing easy with 50 feet of elevation gain. Watch for vehicles and trains on the road approach and railroad crossing.
Where to start
NPS documents parking immediately before the cemetery. Approach north on Main Street or Alaska Street, cross South Klondike Highway, then follow the gravel road around the railroad yards and across the tracks. An accessible privy is at the parking area.
Timing & water
Seasonal trail and road restrictions are not specified in this source; current winter conditions remain unknown.
Before you go
No reservation or parking-fee information is provided in the reviewed NPS trail description.
Visitor informationVisit sources
More waterfalls nearby
Within 40 straight-line miles. Road and trail distances will differ.