Murhut Falls - Went here first. No outhouse or trash can at trail head so plan accordingly. This is a true family friendly hike. Short and sweet. Our crew today was 4 adults, 1 baby, 1 toddler and 2 dogs. Photo of the falls in this trip report is from the upper viewing area. From the lower area, you get sort of an obstructed view of the falls because of the trees. For us, since our toddler likes to wander, we didn't take the kiddo out of the hiking backpack since the upper area is kind of narrow and on the lower area, we didn't want any slips on the rocks. (Older kids would be fine here.) Look up and around because there are some rhodies here and there!
Ranger Hole - Went here second. Note, these trails do not have a trail that connects them. It's about 4 miles on the forest road between Murhut Falls trail head and Ranger Hole trail head so we drove between the two locations. (I suppose if you really wanted to, you could walk the forest road between the two ...) There is an outhouse (did not use.) This is another short and sweet hike. However, the trek back up from the river is very steep and I would be careful of footing because it is gravel. During rainy/muddy conditions, I would be wary of this part of the trail. (We had great sunny/clear weather!)
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