Sandy Ford

Was planning to camp at end of trail, but as other reports detail, it’s very difficult to find it when there’s nobody there. Trail is fun and the water crossing is only about 10-14 inches deep. Agree with a 1-2 rating. There is an abandoned railroad tunnel off the road about 700 yards that you can access but you need to have gps or a compass as there is no trail and the terrain is very thick.

Good section of first half is pavement, when you hit dirt, you will go through a farm residential area with beautiful views. the trail narrows and is gravel and mostly sand ends at a beach that was very making it a bit tricky to turn around as the terrain changes to all sand. Great trail with a watercrossing as well.

Easy ride all the way to the river. River area is super nice and relaxing

Many downed trees from recent ice storm. We cut out as many trees as we could, but still didn’t quite make it to the end. Had to turn around.

Beautiful ride in, albeit dusty. Took the FSR side road on the way out, but it was blocked by a large tree about halfway in.

Water levels were low at the crossing, any vehicle with acceptable clearance would have no problem. Including us, there were 3 groups camping at the beach but it did not feel crowded and we all had our own space. Fall colors were out and beautiful.

Water crossing was easy, maybe 8 - 10 inches deep with a solid bottom. 1 mud hole after a storm, but otherwise pretty easy. I used 4wd in some parts, but 2wd is possible with some good momentum. You might have some problems with fwd, but decent clearance and tires are really all you need.

Great first trail to take the wife and kids. Fun little water crossing and the hidden gem at the end was the beautiful beach area right on the river! There’s no cell signal down there, so be sure to download the offline map.

Road narrows to one lane. 2 cars can squeeze by. one creek crossing. Covered our trip in 2wd Tacoma. Beautiful creek at the end. Be careful of loose sand turning around with 2wd.