Wallace Falls State Park - Greg Ball Trail to Wallace Lake — Wednesday, Jul. 17, 2024

Arrived at the Wallace falls lot around 1pm on a Wednesday- busy but still plenty of parking spots. Headed up to the upper falls via the woody trail, about an hour up passing maybe 20 people heading down. The trail is well maintained but steep with lots of steps, however it is shady for much of the hike. From the upper falls I took the DNR road to Wallace lake, mostly flat and sunny - only saw one work vehicle the entire 2.5 miles. *note - the .5 mile connecting the upper falls to the DNR road is very rocky and rooted, but marked subtly by gray tree markers.

Wallace Lake is pretty though there’s not a lot of spots to sit right on the water. I walked to the other end looking for Pebble Beach but couldn’t seem to find it.

On the way down I took the Greg Ball trail to connect back with the woody trail back down to the now nearly empty parking lot. My watch tracked 4 hours, 10.7 miles, and 1750 elevation gained for the whole trip.