The road to get here past the pavement ending near the south end of Lake Wynoochee has a couple potholes but they're only bad if you go too fast and miss them coming up (whoops). Totally fine for all vehicles. The trail isn't marked with a name but with a red and blue "National Recreation Trail" sign just off the turnoff. You may see others camping, or you could also camp here. The trail is very short, very lovely in both forest and waterfall, and worth combining with other hikes in the area or for getting kiddos enthusiastic about hiking with some nice payoff.
I'm being optimistic about berries, they need some more weeks, but thimbleberries, blackberries, elderberries and I *think* huckleberries galore. Be kind and share, don't overbrowse.

We had no clue what Maidenhair Falls looked like when we set off to find the falls, so we were obviously pleasantly surprised when we arrived at the bridge crossing the West Branch Wynoochee River. The beautiful tree trunk funneling the water really makes this a unique sight, along with the little rocky canyon it weaves through. The trail itself is also quite lovely. We parked in a small turnout along the start of FR 2275-100 as it heads into the campground area. The trail is easy to miss, but there is a sign. From there to the falls and back we clocked at 1 1/3 miles with Gaia, and we had the whole trail and falls to ourselves the entire hike.

Short and sweet trail. Lovely old growth. Trailhead is as described, about 6 miles in on the East lake road, turning left and immediately left again after the bridge. You could extend this trail on after the falls, continuing on the Wynoochee Lakeshore trail. It also makes sense to go see Wynoochee Falls after this- only another 2 miles N on the East lake road.

Bagged another waterfall on the Olympic Waterfalls tour. A short but difficult-to-find trail leading to a very pretty falls. The trailhead sign is almost gone, and there is a symbol for "USA National Recreation Trail", which I hadn't heard of. A little research shows that it may be a part of the "Wynoochee Lake Shore Trail".

Anyway, after driving past Wynoochee Lake, and over the bridge over the Wynoochee River, you turn left onto (unsigned) NF-2385 and immediately see the damaged sign on your right. That's where you can start; we drove further down the rough road before finding another start to the trail.

The trail itself is in pretty good shape, and leads to a bridge over the creek with a view of the falls. The bridge could use a bit of work to repair the metal on the treads. The trail appears to continue past the bridge; we didn't follow it any further.

Given my recent experience with ticks on the trail to Goblins Gate, before we set out we sprayed our pants, socks, and boots with permethrin, and our legs with DEET. Fortunately, we didn't pick up any ticks.

Currently the gate is closed about 6-miles up FR-2270, which adds a couple hundred feet to the hike. The trail on both sides of the river is in good shape, except for a couple of small blow-down. There are now some logs stuck in the falls, but the overall beauty of the gorge is still there.