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Length: 0.2 mi/0.3 km

Access: Barnes Creek Trail

Custom Correct Map: Lake Crescent / Happy Lake Ridge, Washington

Green Trails Map: Lake Crescent, Wa. No. 101

Agency: Olympic National Park

The Marymere Falls Trail leaves the Barnes Creek Trail 0.5 mi/0.8 km from the Storm King Ranger Station. Together, with the first part of the Barnes Creek path, it forms a self-guiding nature trail that is popular with casual visitors during the summer.

The path first crosses Barnes Creek and Falls Creek, then ascends the opposite slope to Marymere Falls (0.2 mi/0.3 km), forming a loop at the end that leads to two vantage points. The vistas overlook a saucer-shaped basin at the foot of an abrupt wall. At this point, Falls Creek plunges through a notch in the cliff to form the 90-foot-high falls. The water drops vertically about half the distance; then, striking a slanting ledge, ribbons down the rock face to a small hollow at the bottom. Ferns and mosses decorate the rock walls on either side.

This attraction was originally called Meremere Falls, but the name was changed many years ago to honor Mary Alice Barnes, sister of Charles A. Barnes, a member of the Press Expedition.