Noochee Creek

While technically called the North Fork of the West Branch Wynoochee River (NFWBWR), that's a bit of a mouthful, so we'll abbreviate that here to Noochee Creek. Another nice short addition to destinations in and around the Wynoochee Valley area. You can probably combine several of these in a single day. Noochee Creek has great access, beautiful pools and rock formations, and can probably be knocked out in a couple of hours.

Park in a pullout just west of the bridge. Hike west along the road about 0.3mi (you could shuttle, but why bother?), then turn off right up the old decommissioned road grade (marked as FR 640 on Forest Service maps; FR680 on the east side is also decommissioned). Hike the old road upwards about 0.4mi, then turn off and make your way down open forested slopes to the creek. If look around you should be able to find a place where you can walk right into the creek above R1.