Super easy pleasant hike. Perfect for a rainy day. The trail is wide and flat, a little mud but nothing unmanageable. I parked on 258th Ave, the cul-de-sac just west of the trailhead, mentioned by other hikers here. On the way in, I listened to a podcast, but on the way out, I let myself enjoy the sound of the rain and the creeks. Saw about a dozen people

This is a fun place to poke around.  It was a nice easy walk for 15yo Ms Maddy. There are remnants of an active coal mining operation from 1925 to 1940.  I was able to make a loop using a nice unmapped bike trail and a short off trail segment marked by a ribbon connecting it to the West Side Rd. See the Alltrail tracing.

I followed a very short side trail to a huge cedar stump.

Lots of no parking signs around the trailhead.  You can legally park about 0.1 mi west on SE Tiger Mtn Rd.

4.6 mi, 575 ft

I took my 8 year old daughter on MLK day. We parked at a cul de sac about 0.1 mile from the gate to West Side Rd. We took it to the left and decided to hike first to Poo Poo Point before going to see the waterfall. Different approach especially if you want to escape the crowds at Chirico or High School Trails. It was exactly 3.4 miles to get there. We only met one person with a dog and a stroller on our way up and a few bikers on the way down. Made a little loop taking a trail to the right and coming to a different dirt road which eventually meets West Side Rd again. There are several  bike trails which don’t  show on Gaia map so we ended up meeting the same bikers three times before reaching the Grand Canyon trail. The Grand Canyon Trail is very pleasant wide path with very mild elevation reaching the waterfall viewpoint after about 0.6 miles. The fallen bridge didn’t pose any big problem. It could have if there was more water in the creek. Like this you can either jump or use the small log to cross. It was easy even for my daughter. The viewpoint is nice area with some benches. Unfortunately there are several fallen trees in the Fifteen Mile Creek so not much of a view. But in general it was a nice trip discovering some new trails and places and we had them mostly to ourselves. The whole trip was a little over 8.5 miles. 

Our goal was not the waterfall but Tiger Middle Summit. There is simply no way to park near the gate or on the shoulder of Tiger Mountain Rd with all the No Parking Signs. So we parked about 0.1 mile to the north on a little cul de sac- didn’t say private rd. We were the only car parked there at 11:20 am. When we came back at 3 pm there were 2 other cars there. From the gate we walked about 1.1 mile on West Side Road keeping right. We got to the big steel concrete bridge and just before it the Middle Tiger Trail starts to the left. We continued up keeping right and leaving Hobart Middle Tiger RR and TMT to the left knowing we would be taking them back down making a little loop. Middle Tiger Trail is steep but very obvious at this time of the year. There we no obstacles except about a dozen fallen tree trunks, no water or snow on the trail. It was good to know we will be taking easier (but longer) trails on the way down. After about a mile from West Side Rd the trail intersects TMT and continues in little switchbacks all the way to  Middle Tiger Summit another half mile. We reached the peak after about 1.5 hours from the car.  We were there about four years ago already so we knew there are no views,  just forest. The only person we saw on the hike was a solo hiker who came to the peak few minutes after us. After that we didn’t meet anybody all the way to the parking. On the way down we took TMT mostly descending to the Hobart  Grade and after about 1.3 miles meeting Hobart Middle Tiger RR. TMT was pleasant walk with just a few fallen trees to cross. It was quite dark, the whole time we walked in the cloud. Even more pleasant is Hobart RR  very slowly descending except a few downs and ups crossing little creeks where there used to be bridges long time ago. Making the little loop on the way down added about 2 miles to our trip making it exactly 8 miles back at the car. In general very quiet, calm, beautiful and easy hike in almost complete solitude. 

Trail is posted as temporarily closed due to washed out bridge.