Lake Catherine State Park

Excellent Place, nice views, excellent paved trail.

The Park has Park Rangers there. It is excellent in security. It is excellent in views. It is great for nature lovers.

I was looking for a place to go to for Prayer & meditation. This was the perfect place.


Blessings,
Sam
(Luke 18:9-14)

Kathrin on lake Catherine ... this park is beautiful! I could spend a week here . They have kayaking, a waterfall ... many trails .. boats , cabins ... bring a walking stick if you are going up the mountains.

My fiancé and I were visiting from out of town and we decided to hike Falls Branch Trail.

The hike was not too difficult. I would say it is moderate in terms of how challenging of a hike it was. It seems like a pretty popular place to hike. We did pass by quite a few people while on our walk but it wasn't crowded at all. We also saw a couple snakes.

This was such a beautiful place to take in all the beautiful scenery. Plenty of trees that offer shade if going during the warmer weather and a beautiful view of the water as well.

So much fun. Rented a double kayak for like $12 for the afternoon and kayaked around the lake. It was beautiful. The employees there were super nice too.

We loved it

Free admission

2 + Mile hike was great

Waterfalls

Streams

Not very hard to negotiate at all

Wonderful clear trail markings

Beautiful scenery a must see

Check out the pics

Think outside, not in a box!

Here for Hot Springs NP, but Lake Catherine SP is a GREAT deviation off that path. We didn't camp here or anything, just hiked.

We parked right by the trails and checked out the map. We had the choice of Fall Branch, Horseshoe, and Dam Mountain. My partner wanted to see the waterfall, I wanted the summit. As a compromise, we started "backwards" on the trail for the shortest path on Fall Branch to the waterfall (they all start at the same point). A little bit passed the water fall, we switched over to Horseshoe Trail. Going "backwards" the climb up was gradual and a nice challenge. It was a pretty quiet hike with some variation in terrain. I enjoyed it. Going back down, there was one very steep, rocky part. I'm guessing if you were going right side up, that's the steep, rocky challenging part other reviews mentioned. Overall, beautiful, green (at least during March), easy to moderate trail, with friendly/respectful folks. I'd definitely hike it ag1ain.

This a beautiful place to visit
The rangers are awesome during the snow spell they worked very hard to keep the roads safe and the park open
Beautiful lake , trails and water falls

The campsites are nice and spacious. The grounds are clean. The staff in the visitor center go above and beyond. A nice little gift shop on site. The hiking trails are maintained very well.

It was beautiful! We all enjoyed the hike. The people in the gift shop/visitor center were very nice too.

Marina is great. Much better value than the other local lakes. Lady and gentlemen are very professional and helpful