This site offers a nice rest area for visitors seeking a patio-type picnic area with vault toilets. While enjoying your stay, you can be entertained by the flock of at least 200 cliff swallows that claim the bridge as a nest site. On the southwest side of the bridge, easy access to the river is available for water sports. On occasion, a herd of Roosevelt elk can be seen grazing across the river in the open meadow. Across the highway is a view overlooking the mouth of Ukonom Creek, which was named for a Karuk Tribal leader.
Rafters often pull out on the east side of the river to camp.
From the highway, you can see osprey, bald eagles and peregrine falcons as they soar or dive in search of prey. This was the general area of the Dillon Mining Company which utilized many Chinese workers in the late 1800s. The vegetation is abundant here due to high rainfall amounts and soil types. In the fall, locals and commercial mushroom pickers hunt this delicacy, much of which is exported to Japan. Enjoy this remotely wooded, sheltered campground while listening to the rush of Dillon Creek.