Key Attractions from
High Falls Access Area
For High Falls Access Area on Staton Road, see Directions.
All directions are one way unless noted.
High Falls from High Falls Access Area
High Falls slides 120 feet down an inclined plane of granite. The falls and the Covered
Bridge can be viewed from the trail and the picnic shelter.
Hikers
 Take High Falls Trail for 0.3 miles bearing right at the fork to the intersection with
Triple Falls Trail. (Foot traffic only)
 Cross Triple Falls Trail and continue on the multi-use trail for 0.2 miles to the viewing
area and picnic shelter.
Bikes, Horses and Hikers
 Take Buck Forest Road for 0.3 miles.
 Turn left on the Triple Falls Trail and take an immediate right on High Falls Trail for
another 0.2 miles to the viewing area & picnic shelter.
Total distance is 0.5 miles either way.
From the shelter, access the base of High Falls by going down High Falls Trail
and turning right on River Bend Trail for total of 0.5 miles.
ONCE AT THE BASE, DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS THE RIVER
OR CLIMB UP THE ROCKS
Triple Falls from High Falls
This 120-foot waterfall features three cascades with
picnic shelter and 112 stairs to the center of the falls.
Hikers
 From the High Falls Shelter, take the path below
the shelter 0.1 miles and turn left 0.5 miles on
High Falls Trail.
 Go right on Triple Falls Trail 0.1 miles.
Total distance from High falls to Triple Falls is 0.7
miles.
Bikes & Equestrians
 Backtrack 0.1 miles.
 Turn left on High Falls Trail 0.6 miles.
 Go right on Triple Falls Trail 0.1 miles.
Total distance is 0.8 miles.
STAY OUT OF THE WATER AND DON’T CLIMB THE ROCKS NEXT TO THE FALLS
Return to High Falls Access Area
Bikes, Horses and Hikers from Triple Falls
 Return by going up Triple Falls Trail for 0.8 miles and right on Buck Forest Road for
0.5 miles.
Round trip to High Falls and Triple Falls is 2.6 miles.
Covered Bridge from High Falls Access Area
Hikers
 Take High Falls Trail for 0.3 miles bearing right at
the fork to the intersection with Triple Falls Trail.
(Foot traffic only)
 Cross Triple Falls Trail and continue on the multiuse trail for 200 feet and turn right on Covered
Bridge Trail for 0.2 miles.
Total distance is 0.5 miles.
Covered Bridge from High Falls
 Take High Falls Trail 0.2 miles toward the parking lot and turn left on Covered Bridge
Trail 0.2 miles.
Total distance is 0.4 miles.
Hooker Falls from Triple Falls
The Little River drops off a 12-foot ledge at Hooker
Falls before flowing into Cascade Lake further
downstream. Hooker Falls is the fourth waterfall on a
3.3 mile section of the Little River.
 Go down Triple Falls Trail 0.4 miles. (FOOT
TRAFFIC ONLY) Go under the highway bridge
and turn right on the Trail Bridge.
 Turn left on Hooker Falls Road for 0.3 miles to
the base of the falls.
Total distance is 0.7 miles.
Return to High Falls Access Area
Hikers from Hooker Falls
 Return by going up Hooker Falls Road for 0.3 miles. (FOOT TRAFFIC ONLY)
 Turn right across Trail Bridge on Triple Falls Trail and travel for 1.1 miles.
 Turn right on High Falls Trail for 0.3 miles.
Grassy Creek Falls from High Falls Access Area
Grassy Creek Falls is a cascade on the Grassy Creek
downstream from Wintergreen Falls.
 Take Buck Forest Road past the Covered Bridge
for 1.2 miles.
 Turn left on the Lake Imaging Road 0.1 miles and
a left on Grassy Creek Falls Trail 0.2 miles to the
falls. (FOOT TRAFFIC ONLY)
Total distance is 1.5 miles.
Bridal Veil Falls from High Falls Access Area
Upper Bridal Veil Falls
Bridal Veil Falls is
perhaps the most
interesting waterfall
in the DuPont
State Recreational
Forest, with a fourfoot overhanging
Lower Bridal Veil Falls
ledge on the upper
section and a long,
shallow whitewater incline along the lower section. One
can view the upper falls from the platform near the end
of the trail.
 Take Buck Forest Road past the Covered Bridge for 0.6 miles, turn right on
Conservation Road for 1.1 miles and right on Bridal Veil Falls Road for 0.6 miles.
Total distance is 2.3 miles.
Or go to Fawn Lake Access Area for many more interesting ways to Bridal Veil Falls.
WARNING—SWIMMING AT BRIDAL VEIL FALLS IS NOT RECOMMENDED
BECAUSE OF LARGE ROCKS AND SWIFT CURRENTS
ROCKS ARE EXTREMELY SLIPPERY WHEN WET
Three Lakes from High Falls Access Area
Lake Alford
Lake Dense
Lake Julia
Lake Dense
Five-acre Lake Dense is off the beaten path. It has a picnic shelter and fishing dock and a
very good view of Joanna Mountain.
 Take Buck Forest Road past the Covered Bridge for 0.6 miles.
 Turn right on Conservation Road 0.4 miles.
 Go left on Joanna Road 0.1 miles and right on Three Lakes Trail 0.1 miles.
Total distance is 1.2 miles.
 A more interesting route is to turn left off Conservation Road after 0.1 miles and take
Pitch Pine Trail 1.1 miles.
Total distance this way is 1.8 miles.
Lake Alford
 Lake Alford is 0.3 miles further down Three Lakes Trail.
Lake Julia
There is a view of Lake Julia and the spillway from Three Lakes Trail as it continues to
Conservation Road.
 Turn right at Lake Alford for 0.5 miles.
Return to the parking lot
 Turn right on Conservation Road for 0.6 miles.
 Go left on Buck Forest Road 0.6 miles.
Total round trip is 3.2 miles by the direct route and 3.8 miles via Pitch Pine Trail.
Lake Julia from High Falls Access Area
Lake Julia is 99 acres and the largest lake in the forest.
What is known as the Lodge is the present Ranger
Station that is located near the end of Lake Julia Road.
To Dam
 Take Buck Forest Road past the Covered Bridge
for 0.6 miles, turn right 0.8 miles on
Conservation Road and left on trail just beyond
the spillway bridge.
Lake Julia from Dam
Total distance is 1.4 miles.
ONE CAN WALK ACROSS THE DAM BUT NO HORSES OR BIKES
To Ranger Station
 Take Buck Forest Road past the Covered Bridge for 0.6 miles, turn right down
Conservation Road 1.4 miles and left 0.2 miles on Lake Julia Road to the Ranger
Station.
 Further down Lake Julia Road leads to picnic tables and pier.
Total distance is 2.2 miles to the Ranger Station and 2.4 miles to the picnic tables and
pier.
Lynn M. Harton 3/27/2015