About the Cummins Creek Wilderness Overhung with alder and maple, Cummins and Bob Creeks drain west through this dense rainforest Wilderness, where Sitka spruce sometimes reach nine feet in diameter. Both creeks spill into the Pacific Ocean, whose salty water almost reaches the western Wilderness boundary. Salmon, steelhead, and cutthroat trout spawn in the cool creek waters. Spruce-covered Cummins Ridge, which peaks at almost 2,000 feet, splits the rain forest in two. Yellow monkey flower, purple aster, white candy flower, and red foxglove brighten summer days, which otherwise tend toward the wet and foggy.
Winters never see snow.
Just north of the Wilderness, Cape Perpetua offers you a chance to see migrating whales from December to May, and Perpetua Campground offers campsites. The Cummins Creek Trail follows the creek for a couple of deep forest miles, then turns north and circles back toward Cape Perpetua along Gwynn Creek outside the Wilderness. You may keep following Cummins Creek along a pleasant but unofficial path. The Cummins Ridge Trail follows the ridge between Cummins and Bob Creeks, crossing old-growth Sitka spruce. This ridge-crest trail can be connected at both ends by vehicle.