High Bridge Trail

Very amazing place to visit! You can walk across and see the lovely scenery and take a trail to walk through the forest and then see how the bridge is constructed. There's also a stream running through. If you love getting out in nature you'll love this! Fall is the best time as it's not too hot and the leaves are changing! Bring your bikes too!!

This trail is 31 miles long, but has many entrance points and restrooms. It is mostly rather flat. The high point of the trail (pun intended) is the bridge, of course. There are a few lookout areas on both sides along the length of the bridge. The bridge has railings that are about 5 or so feet tall and benches on which to rest. Horses, dogs, and bicycles are allowed on the path.

Drove 3 hours to visit the bridge only to see a sign at the entrance that the bridge is closed for renovations. We still wanted to check the area out so drove up to the pay station. Unfortunately we had no cash and weren’t sure if we were going to do anything in the park so we drove through. Found a parking spot where a ranger was eye balling me and my boyfriend the entire time. We get out of the car and walk to the area that is blocked off just to see if we could see the bridge from there. As we are walking the ranger drives past us and backs up to block the taped off area that led to the bridge. So we proceeded to turn around. The ranger then gets out of his car to ask if we needed help. I told him no we were just looking at the area hoping to see the bridge. He immediately got an attitude and said “you didn’t see the closed signs at the entrance or the pay station? Did you even stop to pay to get in the park?” I proceeded to tell him no we weren’t sure if we were going to stay just wanted to check out the area and the trails. He was very rude and told us we needed to pay and that he was writing tickets for trespassing as if we were thinking about going around the blocked off area. After the rude encounter with the ranger we just left. Wasn’t worth even checking out the other trails near by because he was staring at us the whole time. Apparently the bridge closed for renovations on the 18th just a few days before we could make it to the bridge. Was very disappointed in how the ranger treated us more than anything. All we wanted to do was look around since we drove 3 hours.

Beautiful trail for walking or biking....wish I had found it sooner!

Parked at camp Paradise ($5). Only 0.4 miles to high bridge from here. Very level wide path. Then hiked Camp Paradise trail (1 mi loop) to get down to river and inner Bridge. Great views.