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Rancheria Falls Recreation Site, Yukon

by Murray Lundberg


Campgrounds and Rest Areas in the Yukon Territory

    Rancheria Falls Recreation Site is located at Km 1112.8 of the Alaska Highway, 13 km north of Rancheria Lodge. It has outhouses, garbage bins, a kitchen shelter, and an interpretive trail/boardwalk to a pair of low waterfalls on the Rancheria River.


Rancheria Falls Recreation Site, Yukon
A new sign was installed in September 2015.
Rancheria Falls Recreation Site, Yukon
A map of the site. The trail to the falls is 500 meters (1/3 of a mile) one way.
Rancheria Falls Recreation Site, Yukon
The parking lot.
Rancheria Falls Recreation Site, Yukon
Typical ground cover through the forest.
Rancheria Falls Recreation Site, Yukon
About half the distance to the falls is on an elevated boardwalk.
Rancheria Falls Recreation Site, Yukon
The boardwalk.
Rancheria Falls Recreation Site, Yukon
The first waterfall.
Rancheria Falls Recreation Site, Yukon
Between the 2 waterfalls.
Rancheria Falls Recreation Site, Yukon
The western falls.
Rancheria Falls Recreation Site, Yukon
The western falls at near maximum flow.