Spectacular waterfall worth the effort to locate.  HOWEVER, be prepared for deep potholes in the gravel road, Google Maps failing to correctly locate the waterfall, and no physical signs to identify the trailhead.  It's a wonderful waterfall ...if you can find it.  Tips:  (1) Drive an SUV to clear the massive potholes.  (2) There is a small clearing on the left side of the road for parking about 7-8 vehicles and the trailhead is easily seen on the right side of the road across from the parking area.  (3) If you drive past the trailhead, be prepared for the road to get worse and eventually narrow to one lane with nowhere to turn around.  Good luck!   

Great quick hike from the trailhead. There’s an initial bit of an incline but nothing strenuous and after that it’s fine. No bugs out today- only two pesky bees. Duckabush Rd. is a little rough with potholes but perfectly passable unless you’re in a very low clearance car. Trucks/SUVs are fine, sedans take your time and dodge, dip, duck, dodge and dive.

What a beautiful spring day on the peninsula! We covered 7 miles across both trails.

On the Duckabush, we turned back just before Big Hump because of time. The trail’s in great shape and surprisingly not too muddy or wet. The river was gorgeous, so we stopped for lunch by one of the campsites.

Murhut Falls is a quick but awesome hike if you're in the area.

It's been a minute since I posted my last trip report, but I feel like I need to start up again posting more, for all of us who are old-and-slow (or folks with young children). Here goes.

The sun on Thursday screamed at us to "GET OUTSIDE" so I looked up trip reports for one of my favorite nearby hikes (Big Creek). But it looks like it still might have snow higher up, so we went to Ranger Hole instead.

We were immediately greeted at the old guard station to two Pileated Woodpeckers who were hammering out some kind of agreement in the big trees. One high, one low. We searched and searched but could not see them. So we traveled on. 

I love this little hike. Though it's still not spring enough to see plants actively budding, you can sense the anticipation and glee just below the surface. Any day now, the red huckleberries will bloom and the vine maples bust out. 

Ranger Hole never disappoints. The color of the Duckabush River is spectacular. We lounged for some time in the sun hoping to see a Dipper zip by (which we did).

This is a short hike, and when we got back to the car, a picnic table was IN THE SUN. So we had our lunch and reacquainted ourselves with how to drive to Murhut Falls (thanks WTA for the tip to combine these two hikes). 

Both the paved road to Ranger Hole and the gravel road to Murhut are fine, as long as you keep a good watch out for potholes on the gravel leg. The Murhut trail has two small trees across the trail just a short ways from the start (Chainsaw anyone? It would only take a minute to cut these out of the way, but they are easily navigated if they are still there when you go.)

We did not see a single person on either trail today. I'm sure a sunny day on the weekend would be different. 

Get out there and walk these two trails and it will settle you right down.

Lovely and well maintained! There was a tree recently fallen about 500 feet from the start of the trail, but easy enough to climb around - even with the dog. More incline than we were expecting, but still really nice. Drive up to the trailhead had some snow and was quite narrow at times, but absolutely doable even with a 2wd car.