Liberty Falls State Campground
  On
the way to Copper River, McCarthy and Kennicott we love to spend the night at
Liberty Falls State Campground. This cozy little campground
has sites right up next to Liberty Creek.
There are toilets, but no water pump.
You can draw water directly from the creek, but the information board
recommends purifying the water before you drink.
The tent sites are wood decks and feature a picnic table and fire pit.
There are ten campsites here. Only
two of them are visible from the camp road so most people probably drive through
and assume the campground is full. Park
in the parking lot and look down toward the creek to see if any of the decks are
clear. There is also one more
platform on the other side of the campground road opposite the parking lot.
Maps on a bulletin board and a pay station mark the locations of the
sites.
The
falls can be seen from the bridge that runs through the campground and can be
heard from anywhere in the area. So
if you like sleeping to the sound of rushing water, you have come to the right
spot. For the more adventurous and daring, there is a trail system
that leads to views of the falls from above.
The difficult and steepest (but shortest) trail starts at the left side
of the bridge (when facing the falls) and rises sharply to the cliff top above
the falls. An easier and safer
trail begins at the Edgerton Highway right near where the camp road exits back to
the Edgerton. This trail meets the
shorter trail near the edge of the cliff. Exercise
caution when getting near the edge of the cliff because not all the earth is
stable and there are cutaways that root systems and dirt have created that may
or may not support you. The trail
also drops down to the falls so you can actually climb and sit on the rocks that
extend into the creek between different levels of the falls.
The water is extremely cold, so be careful not to fall in.
While the falls are not giant drops, they drop down to sharp rock,
which would cause serious damage to even the leatheriest of skin.
Last Visited: August 1999
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