Fayette Shine Boulders

The area is access sensitive!

🔴This area is partially water level dependent. If the water level is around negative 1ft or below, all are easily accessible. The Copperhead Boulder, Patina Sisters Boulder, and Trim and a Haircut Boulder may go under water above that. See https://www.americanwhitewater.org/content/Gauge2/detail/id/43472/ for current water levels.

🚗 Driving Directions (ESPECIALLY FOR LARGE VEHICLES):
From Fayetteville, turn right onto US-19N and cross the NRG bridge. Take the second right after the bridge onto Lansing-Edmond Road. Drive up the hill, then take your first right onto Fayette Station Road. Stay left at both forks. After the 2nd fork, the road becomes ONE WAY. Drive down the windy road and under the bridge, and past Bridge Buttress. At the next intersection, take a hard left. now you're headed down the gorge. Go all the way to the bottom and cross the wooden bridge. The road makes an immediate 90 degree turn to follow the river downstream. When the road curves away from the river, take a right and cross the small wooden bridge over the creek. Park in this lot. If there's no parking, there's a backup lot just before the tiny bridge over the creek.

🚶‍♂️ Hiking Directions:
From the parking lot, keep following the gravel road downriver (if you're facing the river, it's flowing to your left). When the final bus parking lot ends, keep walking downriver. It's only a few hundred yards before the backside of the Fayette Station Boulders comes into view at river level. Continue past that. The Copperhead Boulder is just another minute down the river. Watch out for poison ivy growing up between the river rocks. The walking here is adventurous - lots of boulder hopping, scrambling, and routefinding, but there is little to no elevation gain. Total hiking time: 6-15 minutes.