Green River Gorge Resort — Local services in Maple Valley

Customer service was the worst experience ever! Owners were very hostile and very unaccommodating.

We went on a family camping trip and drove a long way to visit this spot. Our whole family has been excited to see this place sense we saw amazing videos on tik tok. We unfortunately we had our boat with us. The parking lot was almost empty sense we came on a Monday. As soon as we pulled in one of the owners immediately yelled at us asking why we had a boat with us. We explained how we drove 3 hours and were camping before arriving here. The owner said that we could not park without a paying an extra fee for having the trailer. We asked what the extra fee but he brushed it off and continued to shake his head in frustration. We decided to drive a little further to find a place to park and walk down with our kids and the other owner (a woman with long white hair) saw us driving slowly past trying to look for a spot and she waved us rudely and yelled telling us just to go home.

One employee was trying to help us and was able to found a spot we could fit, however, the owner yelled at him rudely telling him that he is not solving the problem. He didn’t see why there was a problem with us parking with the boat sense the parking lot was clear either. He walked away with his head down and came over to apologize to us. They not only treated us poorly, but it was clear that they were also unkind to him as well when he was...

This Sunday was my first time visiting and I didn’t know what to expect, but this place was absolutely gorgeous. To get to the river is just a hop, skip, and 150-60 or so stairs to the bottom. I packed hiking shoes because I wasn’t sure if it would be a trek to get to the river and falls, but the swimming area is almost directly beneath the gorge bridge so not much is needed to get there. As the owners will explain, when the rocks are wet they are incredibly slippery, so be careful. Another thing to note is that we visited on a sunny weekend, and it was pretty busy.

For parking, I would recommend parking at the Franklin Ghost Town parking lot, which you will make a right turn into BEFORE crossing the gorge bridge. It seems like overflow parking goes there, and on the day that we visited someone was out in the parking lot taking the $5 per person entree fee in exchange for tickets to park and pass through the entry gate. They accept cash, card, or cash app...

Amazing! This is a hike at your own risk type of place. It is absolutely beautiful and completely representative of the PNW. This is the entrance to the gorge area and it is private property, not a state park so you do pay $5 per person(totally worth it). I will have to come back on a hot summer day to swim but our experience was magical, arrived at 9:30AM paid the fee at the entrance and walked in, we had the place to ourselves, there’s no map or directions so it was the most beautiful, serene gorge adventure I’ve been to. Unfortunately there’s graffiti on the rocks and trash all over the place(there were boxers on a tree, cigarettes, broken glass, etc). Hopefully we become more conscious and pack out whatever we brought in. I hope you get to enjoy this beautiful place as...