These falls are stunning, and the trail to this lookout is an easy warmup. Keep your wits about you, though — this is a very popular area, so you may have to weave in and out of the crowds. The farther you go up the trail the easier it'll be to keep up a run, even as the trail gets rougher.

Daniel Mehlig

April 26, 2018

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There are picnic benches behind the viewing point.

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