First Creek Canyon Trail
4 miles – 2 hours
This trail would be more moderate than easy due to the distance.
This trail is closest to Spring Mountain Ranch State Park.
The Hiking Guy has some great tips on this trail.
How to Get There: Heading west about 4 miles past the visitor’s center on Highway 159, look for the First Creek Canyon trailhead sign.
This is a fee-free trail. No reservation is required.
This is a pleasant 3-mile walk across a desert valley to a little waterfall with cottonwood trees, willows, and other shade trees. The well-defined trail winds through the open desert, slowly making it’s way toward the canyon that is being cut by First Creek and then beyond to the rugged south side of Mt. Wilson.
After hiking for a mile, head toward the first big pine tree growing along the canyon rim. Next to this tree you’ll find a little unmarked trail leading into the canyon, toward a couple of big diamond-shaped composite rocks, and then downward to the waterfall. Soon after a small descent, you will find a rocky grotto that is covered with green ferns and tall shady trees fed by a large pool at the base of a waterfall.
- 3 mile Hike
- No Bathrooms
- Free Entry
- Street Parking only
- Seasonal Waterfall
- DO NOT PET or FEED the wild donkeys or any wild animal
- 1 hour from the Las Vegas Strip
