Beaver Falls

Take Highway 101 west from Port Angeles through Olympic National Park to the small town of Sappho, then turn right onto Highway 113 where signs point to Clallam Bay and Neah Bay. Follow Highway 113 for just over 2 miles to a large pullout on the right side of the road, shortly after crossing Beaver Creek. Find a well-trodden trail which follows the guard rail then descends down to the creek below the falls - the final step of which is quite large, so children (or short people) may need assistance.Beaver Creek forms this scenic 28-foot tall waterfall as it plunges over a 70 foot wide ledge of bedrock, splitting into several channels during certain times of the year. During the rainy season Beaver Creek swells to considerable size and overwhelms the entire breadth of the ledge, creating a 70 foot wide wall of water, but once the seasonal rains have subsided and the wetlands which feed the creek further upstream have largely been drained for the season, the volume of water present in the creek is reduced considerably, at which time the creek splits into two or three small channels as it splashes into the pool below the falls. The pools both above and below the falls offers good swimming, but as the creek drains from extensive wetlands upstream there is a considerable amount of tanin in the water during much of the year, so it doesn't appear to be terribly inviting water at times.