I would recommend this hike to anyone wanting to spend some time in nature. The hardest part was the road from Hospital Rock to the Buckeye Campground. We hiked in about 2.5 miles from Hospital Rock, then returned the same way we came to make it a five mile hike. Almost at the end of the trail, the area becomes near the creek and very overgrown creating lots of moss growing over rocks and trees. The water was very low this year, and there were not as many pools as might be there in a good water year. There are small pools and smooth rocky areas you can rest on. The farther in you go on the trail, the closer the trail runs close to the creek. Much or the trail is high above Paradise Creek, and when the trees part you have wonderful view of Moro Rock and Sequoia Nation Park. When I do go back again I was thinking of bringing a small set of cutters to show the path better in this area. Without the obstruction of the leave, we found the trail farther ahead and up from the creek ten yards or so. It helped that a lot of the plants did not have their leaves yet. Most of the trail is very well marked a visible, but a couple of times deep in the trail, when it dropped close to the creek, it was hard to follow. The oaks and buckeye trees did not have their leaves but the conifer trees did. Going this early in the year, not all the trees and bushes had their leaves. It is a very shaded trail making it a cool hike. You follow a trail that runs between the Middle Fork of the Kaweah River and the much smaller Paradise Creek. We parked at Hospital Rock as Buckeye camp ground was not open yet. It was a bright a pretty day, with blue skies, lots of sun, and cool temperatures. We took the Paradise Creek Trail on 9 March 2013.
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