Faery Falls & Ney Springs
Near Lake Siskiyou, Mount Shasta · near Mount Shasta · Shasta Cascade
Hiking
At a glance
- Difficulty
- easy
- Route type
- out-and-back
- Distance
- 1.4 miles
- Elevation gain
- 250 ft
- Time needed
- day
- Best season
- Spring for flow · Accessible nearly year-round
Permits and booking
- Permit required
- No
- How the permit works
- Shasta-Trinity NF; none. Leashed dogs allowed. The last few feet to the pool are slick.
- How hard the permit is to get
- 0 of 5
What is here
- Features
- 50-ft waterfall · Historic 1880s Ney Springs Resort ruins · Easy family walk · Near Lake Siskiyou & Box Canyon
Worth knowing
- Dogs
- Allowed
- Good for a first timer
- Yes
Hiking detail
- Intl tip
- The last few feet down to the pool are slick — hold the rope/rock and skip it in wet conditions.
The guide
A short, high-reward walk to a mossy 50-foot fall, passing the crumbling ruins of the 1880s Ney Springs mineral resort. It's th…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Faery Falls & Ney Springs — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 41.266, -122.3244