5   Deer Creek Falls

 Location: Chester, Lassen National Forest, Tehama County
Height: 20 ft.
Access:   car   dog  
Distance: n/a
Elevation: 3650 ft.
Season: Mar-Aug
Difficulty: easy hike
Lat/Long:40.20218, -121.51306
Directions:Take Hwy #36 east of Red Bluff. Turn right on Hwy #32 towards Chico. Drive 8.7 miles to the signed turnoff for Deer Creek Falls. The falls is just a short walk down the cliff side. Coming from Chico, it is 44.8 miles along Hwy 32.   Click to view map of Deer Creek Falls hike

The upper Deer Creek Falls is a small 20 ft. drop along Deer Creek, but is still a very nice waterfall, as it plunges down into a little pool. It is just a short walk from the roadside down to the creek, and there is now a developed (signed) turnout on Hwy 32. Deer Creek Falls is better to see when the creek is higher in the spring, but when I was here in October, the creek was flowing great (though, I think it was mostly from recent snow melt).

If you can, you should also check out the Lower Deer Creek Falls (3.2 miles down Hwy 32). It is an easy hike to a really nice falls.

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Other waterfalls nearby:
Lower Deer Creek Falls 4.28 miles
Deadhorse Falls 11.91 miles
Battle Creek Falls 12.53 miles
Lower Battle Creek Falls 13.31 miles
Bluff Falls 14.64 miles
Mill Creek Falls 16.48 miles
Kings Creek Cascades 18.13 miles
Kings Creek Falls 18.20 miles
Grassy Swale Falls 19.14 miles
Chambers Creek Falls 19.58 miles
West Fork Hat Creek Falls 20.42 miles
Jackass Creek Falls 20.48 miles
Little Hawaii Falls 21.05 miles
Rock Creek Falls 22.28 miles
Bear Ranch Creek Falls 25.70 miles
Camp Creek Falls 26.32 miles

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