Drive downhill to the parking lot and information kiosk. Turn right on Mears Road and find the park entrance at Mears Place. At most road junctions you'll find signs directing you to the park. Go west on Atwood Road and, after 1.7 miles, continue northwest on Mount Vernon Road, winding between orchards and estates through lush and hilly ranchland. From this intersection, the Hidden Falls Park entrance is about 4.5 miles away. After 2.7 miles turn left onto Atwood Road. Non-locals typically plan their visit as part of a sideways road trip north of Interstate 80.įrom I-80 in Auburn take Exit CA 49 north toward Grass Valley and Nevada City. You may want to find the shortest connection to the park depending on your starting location. The Location Map provides an excellent overview of the Hidden Falls Regional Park vicinity. If you enjoy to plan your own route-loop by loop, this is your park. Trail maps have been posted at various spots. The park includes scenic observation decks, areas for picnicking, fishing access and interpretive panels. Hidden Falls Park is named after the 30-foot waterfall of Deadman's Creek, just before it meets Coon Creek. The Whiskey Diggins Bridge near the Hidden Gateway crosses Deadman's Creek. The Canyon View Bridge and the Salmon Run Bridge cross Coon Creek. There are riparian and lowland foothill trails through oak and pine forests on both sides of the Coon Creek watershed. Hidden Falls Regional Park in the Sierra Nevada foothills between Auburn and Lincoln currently has approximately 30 miles of multi-use trails, which are all listed and rated in the insert table of the Trail Map. Slope with trail switchbacks between Hidden Gateway and Whiskey Diggins Bridge
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