Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail - Cedar Falls Trailhead — Attraction in North Bend

This is a great rail-trail (a retired railroad converted to a hiking/biking path largely free of motor vehicles).

I went on a three day bike camping trek. The woodlands were spectacular and there were rest stops spread out as needed. You also cross a variety of bridges and go through a couple of tunnels -- all originally built for trains but now providing a somewhat level or at least gradual uphill or downhill ride.

There aren't stores along the route, so you do need to bring your own food & water (and responsibly pack everything out as well).

There are campsites at some of the rest stops -- the orange "outhouses" with information displays spread along the route.The campsites are first come/first serve and strangely the drop boxes to pay for them are at different rest stops.

Plenty of people were enjoying the great outdoors the...

The Cedar Falls trailhead is just a little bit past the Rattlesnake trailhead. Not to be confused with each other, however this trailhead is 100x less busy than Rattlesnake, although parking can be a pain when the weather is nice from the hundreds of people trying to do Rattlesnake for the gram. The lot is kept clean, along with the bathrooms here. It can be a bit difficult for some people to find their way to the right trail as there are a few forks randomly, but pay attention to the map at the beginning and you should be fine. Dog friendly and biker friendly, it's a common area to stage bigger groups to hit the trails. This is the location when you want to hit Cedar Falls or...

Real nature experience , my gsd puppy got circled by large predator birds of some sort . I lost one my shoe halfway . My bigger dog ate a dead what I thought was a possum and made the truck smell Like death . I accidentally lit my backpack on fire with my expensive fire starter I should not have left out of it's case. My brother got stupid drunk and went on a solo adventure off trail for hours, But I did find these really cool dragon...