The park is on the river at Hayden Run Road.
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The rim of the gorge is fenced off, and a staircase goes to the bottom.
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You leave the sunlight and descend into the shade. Before the staircase was built, this was a scramble on the cliff.
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The staircase as seen from the ground
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You can get a close look at the cliffs and wildflowers as you go down the stairs.
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At the bottom of the stairs, you\'re in the braided streambed. This is often flooded.
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At the mouth of the gorge, Hayden Run empties into Griggs Reservoir.
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The stream drops its sediment as it slows into the reservoir, then braids through the gravel that has buried the bottom of the gorge.
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In the gorge, the stream winds through a tunnel of green.
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