Escure Ranch - Towell Falls — Wednesday, Sep. 10, 2025

I first visited Towell Falls in late February 2025 and took the photo featured in the hiking guide with a torrent roaring over the falls. I thought it'd be interesting to go back and see what it looked like after a long, hot summer. I hadn't realized that the series of falls I was able to get close to last time was in a side channel. That entire channel is now dry, and the only waterfall is in the main channel, which is not easily accessible due to topography and vegetation. You can see it from a distance as you approach, but you can't get close. 

TiffH was correct in her recent trip report -- weeds have taken over the camping/picnic area. The toilet was clean and stocked but you had to tramp down weeds to get to it. Even so, it's a lovely place to spend the night (Escure Ranch, not the toilet) -- quiet, starry, and peaceful. A coyote chorus was singing all around. 

Parts of the trail to Towell Falls are overgrown by native grasses and other weeds. Best wear long pants and long sleeves. Some years that road is open to vehicles seasonally, but not this year, so perhaps that's why it's so overgrown.

I spoke to some fishermen who said Rock Creek has surprisingly large trout in it. One guy was out looking for pheasant and plans to go back hunting soon.