This new section of Historic Highway State Trail boasts views of three waterfalls in 1.2 miles! While these falls have always been accessible to hikers; now, for the first time, they are accessible from a paved, well-graded universal trail. The hike to Lancaster Falls is a westward out-and-back hike or bicycle ride. As it parallels I-84 you’ll pass over Warren Creek bridge to an overlook and picnicking spot at Hole-In-the-Wall Falls. The trail currently ends at Lancaster Falls, named for the Columbia River Highway’s designer and engineer, Samuel Lancaster. This waterfall is just visible from a viewpoint along the State Trail but for a better look at Lancaster Falls, take a hike up Starvation Ridge Trail. 

The Lancaster Falls trail connects with an existing 1.2-mile section of the State Trail that runs east from Starvation Creek Trailhead to Viento State Park making for a nice 5-mile hike or bike ride.

There are four waterfalls awaiting you in about a 1-mile stretch.  From east to west, they are: 

Distance from Starvation Creek Trailhead (approximate)

• Starvation Creek Falls  (0.1 miles east)
• Cabin Creek Falls  (0.3 miles west)
• Hole-in-the-Wall Falls  (0.6 miles west)
• Lancaster Falls  (0.8 miles west)

- Courtesy of Oregon State Parks
 
Other hikes leading from Starvation Creek Trailhead include:

• Hole-in-the-Wall Falls
• Mt. Defiance
• Starvation Creek Falls
• Starvation Creek Ridge Loop
• Starvation Creek to Warren Lake