Rockwell Falls Trail

Rockwell Falls is a 7-mile out-and-back from the South Shore Trailhead on Two Medicine Lake. The park lists 3.5 miles one way and 375 feet of gain; allow about four hours with stops. It is a long but fairly gradual walk for a pair of cascades at the end, with lakeshore, beaver ponds, forest and meadows along the way.

Just over a quarter-mile in, a side path reaches Paradise Point’s small beach, with views across the lake toward Rising Wolf Mountain. Leave that spur out for the listed distance. Around half a mile in, the trail passes beaver ponds, then continues through lodgepole pine and Douglas fir with meadows between the trees. Moose are sometimes reported near the ponds, especially early and late in the day; treat a sighting as a bonus.

Cross Aster Creek at about 1.1 miles and continue straight past the Aster Falls and Aster Park Overlook spur. At about 2.3 miles, a suspension bridge crosses Paradise Creek. At the 2.6-mile junction, turn left onto Two Medicine Pass Trail for Rockwell Falls. The South Shore trail to the right heads toward the west-shore dock and other destinations.

Just under 3.5 miles from the start, cross a footbridge; the trail bends right shortly after and reaches the base of the falls. Rockwell Falls has two cascades, each roughly 30 to 40 feet high. The nearer one is easiest to see; the second sits about 100 feet behind it and is partly hidden by trees. Include some of the basin and rock wall in a photo so the frame shows where the falls sit in the gorge. A higher view uses an informal, bushy and exposed path; it is not needed to reach the falls.