Cove Creek Falls Loop (4.5 miles; d=5.70)
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My hike of the Cove Creek Falls Loop as tracked (on a later trip) byt the Gaia GPS app and depicted a la Google Earth...
Cove Creek Falls Loop Hike Route Map
My hike of the Cove Creek Falls Loop as tracked (on a later trip) byt the Gaia GPS app...
Cove Creek Trailhead -- 2,550'
Starting out from Forest Road 475. If you're lucky enough to find yourself camping at Cove Creek Group Camp you'll get a key to this gate and which would shorten the mileage on this loop a bit...
Cove Creek Campground Road -- 2,560'
Starting off with a brief walk along the access road I soon reached the wet ford where it crosses a small tributary of Caney Bottom Creek...
Caney Bottom Trail/Cove Creek Campground Road -- 2,590'
Rejoining the road...
Caney Bottom-Cove Creek Trail Junction -- 2,650'
Just before breaking out into the open at the group campground I was able to leave the road and get on a proper hiking trail...
Cove Creek-Caney Bottom Trail Junction -- 2,780'
Not long after passing the campground the Caney Bottom Trail, which I'd be using on the back side of my loop, joined from the right...
Cove Creek-Cove Creek Falls Trail Junction -- 2,880'
After a quick quarter mile (ish) from the road, the spur to the falls broke right...
Cove Creek Falls Trail -- 2,820'
The spur trail is short but fairly steep and, for a 6-foot guy like myself the ceiling was a bit low also...
Cove Creek Falls Trail -- 2,760'
A good-sized chunk of white quartz lies wedged beneath a rock ledge near the falls...
Cove Creek Falls Trail -- 2,800'
I came alongside the creek as it began its upper slide over the falls...
Dave Kathy Weemhoff
on November 4, 2015Looks like a great hike to take -- the rain really brightens all the foliage too.