How and Where to Hike the Beautiful Kings River Falls.

Updated: April 2024

I’m a hiking enthusiast, always on the hunt for the next epic trail and hidden waterfall. For this hike, I used the AllTrails app and found the Kings River Falls. Here’s how + where…

The draw of this hike- it isn’t too long or strenuous, has a river to hike along and explore, and has a waterfall at the end. For a quick overview of what to expect on the Kings River Falls hike…

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Kings River Falls Trailhead

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To reach the Kings River Falls Natural Area, you have to travel down a dirt road. My car easily managed the road, at a slow pace.

There is a decent amount of parking and we easily found a spot on an early Saturday afternoon. The trailhead is well-marked and can’t be missed.

Kings River Falls Hiking Trail

The hiking trail is well-marked, traveling mainly along the Kings River. It is a flat dirt trail, with areas of smooth rock, and many points that lead you right into the river should you choose to stop and play.

For a more adventurous hike, we chose to hike along and in the river bed.

A word of caution with this choice, as with any river hiking, beware of the wildlife (especially snakes) at this time of the year. We came across a few!

The snakes didn’t seem phased by us and we were easily able to defend ourselves (redirect them) with rocks thrown nearby when needed.

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River Hiking on Kings River

Hiking the river bed in mid-summer is not a hard task since the water is low. However, there was always water to play in (mostly at ankle level, at times mid-calf height).

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We had the river bed to ourselves for the hike but were able to hear others occasionally hiking the trail that ran beside the river.

We never felt we were too far from the hiking trail or too far off course. And, obviously, we knew the river would eventually lead us to the falls at the end.

Kings River Falls

We knew the falls would be low since the prior month’s rainfall totals had been low, but we took that chance. We were not disappointed at the end when we found enough of a waterfall to give us a great view.

A few people chose to swim in the shallow swimming hole at the bottom of the falls. Even with water levels low, kids were able to jump off the lower-level rocks and swim.

However, there wasn’t much room for more than one family with a few kids to enjoy the water.

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Leaving Kings River Falls

The hike back was an easy 30-minute walk since we chose to stay on the hiking trail (versus the couple of hours it took to reach the falls by slowly exploring the riverbed).

Hiking Kings River Falls is a leisurely, enjoyable hike that is appropriate for hikers of all levels.

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The drive back to the highway was odd for us since we apparently missed a turn on the dirt road and went out a different exit. But we still made it out safe and sound!

Hot tip: Be sure to let someone know your location ahead of time (I didn’t have any cell phone reception on this trail).

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