Hemlock Falls Directions Camps Gulf Addition to Fall Creek Falls State Park

Hemlock Falls Directions

Camps Gulf Addition to Fall Creek Falls State Park 

Above: Sign at the start of Hemlock Falls hike 


Total Hike Distance 5.4 miles round trip moderate
Hike Directions: The hike begins just past the gate. Please do not park blocking
the gate. Go a short distance and you will come to the first creek ford. It can be a wet foot
creek crossing. The trail passes some ruins of an old home site on the left which is hard to spot in Summer. 
 The trail generally continues up Camps Gulf heading in on a relatively  straight course. 
 It is signed in a few places. You will come to the first intersection and see 
 a sign indicating the Prater Place Trail. Stay with the main trail here which now turns and
goes upward and left. It will soon make a switchback and head ever deeper into Camps Gulf
following it back but now up along the shoulder of the gulf. Remember not to be too
discouraged at what you see along the way. Camps Gulf is riddled with caves and the stream
goes subterranean at times. Hemlock Falls is way at the back and has water flow
even in the hot part of Summer. 
  While it does flow year round  water levels will decrease during drier times. 
 Retrace your steps returning the way you came.

Take along plenty of drinking water in case there is none in the streams until you reach the back of the gulf.  

Photo of Hemlock Falls taken 6/19/2019 below.


Photo of Hemlock Falls taken during September 2017 

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Below is a video shot of Hemlock Falls this past Sunday 

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