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Ft. Yargo is a great park in the middle of suburbia. It has a little bit of everything. We camped in the walk-in sites and they were clean and well spaced. We had fun at the beach and did some dishing. They have great walking trails and biking trails. There is a charge for the biking trial but they are worth it. We spend many of summer afternoons kayaking the lake. The park does off kayak and paddle boat rentals. This is a great park that we will revisit!
This was a great hike especially for kids. It was easy all the way to the ruins as the hike followed the shoals.
We passed the ruins and continued on down to the shoals. The trail markers were difficult to find. If your headed back on the rocks on the shoals you can follow the crowd.
On the other end of the hike is a great trail the follows alongside the river bank. This was nice because the ground was more of a soft sand. While the trail continued on we stopped at the steel covered bridge and had lunch on the river banks.
This is a first come first serve primitive campground. They have outhouses and a water pump. The out house is clean and well stocked and surprisingly free of creepy crawlies. The campgrounds are very clean which actually made finding fire wood a little hard. The sights are very private and large, and the camp host were very friendly.
The trails to both falls were very well kept and felt safe. All the bridges and viewing platforms were well taken care of and felt very sturdy. The signage to the dangers were clear and the graffiti was kept to carving names in the wood.
If I had to pick a negative to this sight it would be he how close to the road it was. At night you could hear motorcycle traffic going up the mountain. Will defiantly be back!
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