- Lacamas_Trail_Map.pdf (clark.wa.gov)
Lacamas Lake Park hosts a 6-mile network of scenic hiking and cycling trails, passing dense forest, spectacular waterfalls, Round Lake and Lacamas Creek. Many areas are excellent for bird-watching, and the April blooming of the Camas Lilies are an annual feature. Upland forests support a variety of wildlife, including deer, raccoon, beaver, osprey, bald eagles and many others. Round Lake is an attraction for shing, and is stocked with a mixture of bass, bluegill and perch. Non-motorized boating only is allowed on Round Lake.
Northwest Waterfall Survey
- Woodburn Falls (waterfallsnorthwest.com)
Of the three modest waterfalls Lacamas Park harbors, Woodburn Falls is the most forgettable. Seasonal Woodburn Creek, sure to run dry by June, splashes over a ledge amid rather thick deciduous growth that provides a modest wilderness feel. While when viewed up close the falls appear to drop about 20 feet, lidar data indicates its total drop to be closer to 40 feet - the upper half of the falls is simply out of view due to foreshortening and the close proximity of the trail to the base of the falls.
- Lacamas Creek Loop Hike (OregonHikers.org)
A forest oasis in a rapidly developing suburban setting, Lacamas Regional Park offers a fascinating sampling of landforms and habitats. At the end of the last Ice Age, over 12,000 years ago, a series of massive floods (the Missoula or Bretz Floods) swept down the Columbia River and scoured the landscape, creating exposed rock scablands and shallow depressions. This small park boasts no fewer than three waterfalls, including the pockmarked bench at the Potholes, a couple of lakes, scablands supporting oaks and camas lilies, and a deep forest dominated by maple and Douglas-fir. This loop begins on 3rd Avenue, but you can also start at Round Lake and include the Round Lake Loop Hike in the excursion. The itinerary includes a diversion to seasonal Woodburn Falls, which becomes dry during the summer but which is also best avoided when trails are extremely muddy.
- Woodburn Falls (OregonHikers.org)
Pretty 20-foot Woodburn Falls is an officially-named yet little known waterfall in Lacamas Regional Park. It is seasonal, becoming a waterfall around October rains and completely drying up by the end of June or early July. Despite its being seasonal, it is the only waterfall in Lacamas Lake Park that is not controlled by a dam, making the water flow 100% natural.
- Woodburn Falls, Washington (waterfallrecord.com)
I visited Woodburn Falls over two years, so I had to try and remember where this waterfall was located and how to possibly arrive at the falls. Oddly enough, I did have a pretty clear recollection that the falls was on some spur trail at a park.