Name: Pine Creek Waterfall Trail
Rating: 4.4

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Family Friendly Swimming and an easy trail along a creek. Waterfall with deep waters during summer.

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From the Springdale/South Entrance of Zion National Park, follow the road for about 1.5 miles to the Canyon Junction. At the junction, take a right toward the Zion - Mt. Carmel Highway. The road will be straight for a moment, and then it will start to make a U-curve up the mountain. At the beginning of this U-curve, there is a dirt pullout with a small sign. This is the trail to the Pine Creek Waterfall.

The Pine Creek Waterfall is not traveled frequently. Few folks know about it. The trail to Pine Creek Waterfall is flat and when you reach the waterfall there is an area to go into the water. Beware, there are some deep waters here.

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Land Manager: National Park Service - Zion National Park

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4.4 from 25 votes

#4

in East Zion

#266

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4.4 from 25 votes

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#4

in East Zion

#34

in Utah

#266

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Beautiful unpromoted hidden gem in Zion. Description says flat hike, but we had to scale some pretty big rocks to get there. But it was DEFINITELY worth it.

Dec 12, 2018 near Springdale, UT

Feb 22, 2024 near Springdale, UT

Jan 2, 2026 near Springdale, UT

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Jan 2, 2026

Stewart Carnes

Dec 29, 2025

Jordan Hansen

0.4mi

Feb 22, 2024

Stewart Carnes

Aug 5, 2023

Jena Gorden

Jul 26, 2023

Antonio Di Maggio

May 3, 2023

Tessa Vande Velden

With Carter, got naked

Jul 21, 2022

Garret Maier

Can climb the rocks on either side of the first deep pool to get to waterfall 1mi — 0h 25m

Jul 19, 2022

Matt Culpepper

Mostly social trail across some boulders to the pool and falls. Pool was full enough to use the water slide! (1/100) 1mi

Jun 23, 2022

Carter Ericksen

Absolutely gorgeous hike with small swimming holes and even a little diving pool (~10ft deep). I will definitely be going back here. Great for fams! — 1h 30m

May 31, 2022

G Allen Daily

May 24, 2022

Sydnei Howard

Oct 28, 2021

Ashur Warda

Oct 19, 2021

Kristy Van

Alex DID find the waterfall on 2nd attempted. 2nd creek crossing and bouldering.

Aug 1, 2021

Drew Weymouth

Wicked cool little hike with scrambling, river crossing (flooding occurred last night) and climbing. Waterfall is nice and no one here! — 12h 45m

Jul 28, 2021

Ashley Hamel

Jul 10, 2021

Karl Hurst-Wicker

Go to the third pool. Requires climbing some sandstone rock face and wedging under a fallen Boulder to get to the falls.

Jun 9, 2021

Megan Dujardin

6h 00m

May 19, 2021

Viki Powell

Oct 25, 2020

Al Mitchell

Excellent little hike, that isn't marked at the road, and was less crowded. The views are amazing!

Jul 22, 2020

Ian F

Water running slowly. Signs indicating to not swim because of algae. Still loved the hike with kids. — 10h 46m

Jul 11, 2020

Eli T

Jul 4, 2020

Vg Regs

Oct 4, 2019

Kayla Champagne

Sep 7, 2019

Paige Robinson

Unremarkable, except we saw a family of deer!

Jun 30, 2019

Roberta Quinones

Nice and definitely off the beaten path!! 1mi

Jun 3, 2019

Kathryn Turner

1h 30m

May 26, 2019

Matt Hoffman

May 2, 2019

E C

Apr 6, 2019

Alycia G

Dec 27, 2018

Akiko Suzuki

Dec 25, 2018

Rima Chaib

Dec 18, 2018

Steve Parobek

0.4mi

Oct 29, 2018

William Adrean Schuerman

It takes some climbing and nimbleness to get here, but worth the view. Be mindful as the path has some slippery rocks and steep angles.

Oct 25, 2018

Melissa Lowe

Keep hands free. Lots of rock scrambling. Easy though. Pool and waterfalls at the very end.

Oct 24, 2018

Melissa Lowe

Oct 22, 2018

Cody Willis

Oct 6, 2018

Emily G

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Pine Creek Waterfall Trail

“A short trail to the waterfall that is flat. When you reach the waterfall there is an area to swim. ”

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Family Friendly Swimming and an easy trail along a creek. Waterfall with deep waters during summer.

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