• Mike and Kimberly2026 Leepin’ Across AmericaTraveler
    What the waterfalls are supposed to look like
    We went to the right to start the hike and we ended the hike coming from the leftLooks nothing like the pictureView from behind the FallIt was cool walking behind the fallsThe brink of the falls on the middle poolFinally, some water at the upper poolNice view from up hereThe Virgin River down belowDetails about all three emerald poolsVideo of the lower FallZion valley

    Emerald pools hike

    May 5 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 48 °F

    So continuing on from our scouts Lookout hike we headed over to the Emerald pools hike.

    There are three different pools. You can see the lower the middle and the upper. We decided to just hike to the lower pool and see how we feel. We were disappointed because the waterfall looks nothing like the picture from the National Park Service board. But we were able to walk behind the waterfall so that was kind of cool.

    Since we were disappointed in the lower pool, we decided to go to the middle pool just to see if it looked any better. The middle pool was dried up. We couldn’t even see any water just a little trickle at the brink.

    Then for some crazy reason we thought maybe the upper pool would be better. So we continued on with the hike. While the upper pool actually had some water, it was never emerald in color like the name of the trail. We took in the sites up there for a little bit and then hiked back down.

    All in all this hike was another 3 miles and about 500 feet in the elevation game. At the end of the day, we were tired. The Total hike for the day just over 7 miles and about 1500 feet in elevation.    Read more