Peaceful Hills Waterfall Campsite

I'm so happy that you enjoyed your stay, Katharine! Glad you felt safe and yet had enough privacy too! The waterfall was actually here when we bought the land back in 2005. For years we wanted to have the spring water piped to the homes instead of well water. One day a friend of mine, who owns Fernwood Nursery, decided to get involved and help us. With his help, we added a large 1500 gallon holding tank to capture more water from the spring. When he went to pick up the potable water tank I had ordered, he told the owner of the store what he was doing and they donated a much larger potable water tank to us for free! The excavators I had hired had already started to dig a hole by the old spring house, but when my friend got here with the bigger tank, he explained that we will need a bigger hole and gravity flow is what we want. Walking much further down the hill, he found a spot and exclaimed, "Right here. Dig the hole right here." So they dug down as deep as they needed for the tank size and then a fascinating thing happened. The big backhoe tractor hit rock. Scraping it clean, this rock was completely flat, much like a foundation, and it was the exact size of the huge tank, and perfectly level to a quarter of an inch! We all were amazed. They didn't have to come back a second time to fill in dirt after it settled. It was finished. This tank now sits on a huge, flat, level rock. That was a miracle. Just one of many I could tell you about here at Peaceful Hills. Further up the stream you may have seen the small, old white spring house. My friend placed pipes underground which connect the old spring house to the larger holding tank above the campsite. Using gravity flow, the water quickly fills up the second tank. The overflow from the tank flows out of the pipe and into the small stream making the beautiful, peaceful, waterfall. I hope you have enjoyed my story and if you ever need some flowers, please go see my friend James at Fernwood. He never charged me a dime for all of his time here at Peaceful Hills. Hope you come again soon!

So happy to hear you enjoyed your stay, Corin! Hiking trails are on the way very soon, but for now there is only a dirt road through the rest of the campground. If you hike past the three B&B homes, you will see a road going up the big hill on your left. If you hike all the way to the top of the ridge, you will get to a Y in the road at Eagle's Nest campsite. That marks a half mile from the Waterfall campsite. Walking back down to the Waterfall campsite will give you a full mile of good, peaceful hiking in the woods. I hope this helps! Thank you for taking excellent care of the campsite and for being super clean too. I appreciate you and welcome you back to Peaceful Hills anytime.