Arrived: 3pm, back to car in 1 hour doing a very casual 2.5-mile loop with photo stops.
This has been on my list to do for a long time, but for such a short hike that's so far from home, it never made it on the agenda. Not until a camping trip on the peninsula, that is! We did this counter-clockwise, based on another trip reporter's suggestion, which was great. (That means walking up the hill near the overflow parking and starting there, rather than by starting by walking over the wide bridge near the toilets.) The suspension bridge is about halfway either direction you choose, but this means you'll stay nearer the Skokomish on the way back to the car, which is nice.
The water was quite low in the river so the rapids were fairly chill. Lots of gorgeous Old Man's Beard lichen on everything, too. A good hike for families!
On the drive back home, we took a very brief detour to drive across Lake Cushman, because how often do you get to drive on a one-lane road across a body of water?
Toilets: 2 at the main parking lot (no H2O, but you can filter water from the river, naturally)
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