Hidden Falls
Clackamas County, Oregon
Your visit at a glance
- Waterfall height
- Not recorded
- Location
- Clackamas County, Oregon
- Access status
- Paved park trail to a bridge view documented
- The walk
- Short paved walk; distance to the bridge not stated
- Ground & access
- Wide paved trail with a long steep grade and switchbacks.
Hidden Falls is a 15-foot falls on Rock Creek. From the Hood View Park parking area, walk through the turnaround to a gravel path, turn left at a shed, and go out to 162nd Avenue. Turn right, then bear left past a white gate marked for Hidden Falls Nature Park. A wide paved trail switchbacks down into the gorge. A side path leads to a picnic table above the falls; the best view is from the timber bridge.
Plan your visit
Hood View Park to the Rock Creek bridge in Hidden Falls Nature Park
Oregon Hikers calls the walk down to the falls short but gives no figure for it alone. Its 4.1 mile figure is for a longer neighborhood loop.
Wide paved trail with a long steep grade and switchbacks.
Where to start
Hood View Park parking area, reached from Rock Creek Boulevard in Happy Valley.
Timing & water
Oregon Hikers lists the route as open all year.
Before you go
No fee is mentioned.
Visitor informationVisit sources
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