Rocky Brook Falls
Sep. 4th, 2021 07:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
canyonwalkerOlympic Peninsula Travelog #4
Brinnon, WA - Fri, 3 Sep 2021. 4pm.
After hiking Murmut Falls this afternoon we drove back out to US-101, drove a few miles north on 101, then turned west on another back road to drive to the trailhead for Rocky Brook Falls. Yes, it's the same US-101 that's a major freeway two miles from our house. No, it wouldn't have made sense to "Get on 101 and drive" here. For one, the shortest route is still almost 850 miles. Two, sticking on 101 would be way longer than that as the road is routed through a lot of coastal sections (basically all of the Oregon coast, for example) which are slow and winding.
Rocky Brook Falls's size was surprising. We began from a barely-marked parking area near a bridge over a small creek and started walking upstream past a fenced-off building from an old power plant. Then, moments later— BAM!
Rocky Brook tumbles down a bare stone cliff more than 100' high. It's like someone took a waterfall from a bigger creek in a more mountainous setting and transported it here.
Brinnon, WA - Fri, 3 Sep 2021. 4pm.
After hiking Murmut Falls this afternoon we drove back out to US-101, drove a few miles north on 101, then turned west on another back road to drive to the trailhead for Rocky Brook Falls. Yes, it's the same US-101 that's a major freeway two miles from our house. No, it wouldn't have made sense to "Get on 101 and drive" here. For one, the shortest route is still almost 850 miles. Two, sticking on 101 would be way longer than that as the road is routed through a lot of coastal sections (basically all of the Oregon coast, for example) which are slow and winding.
Rocky Brook Falls's size was surprising. We began from a barely-marked parking area near a bridge over a small creek and started walking upstream past a fenced-off building from an old power plant. Then, moments later— BAM!
Rocky Brook tumbles down a bare stone cliff more than 100' high. It's like someone took a waterfall from a bigger creek in a more mountainous setting and transported it here.
