I had heard of the fairy forest a few years ago. It wasn’t too far from my grandparent’s house up in Kamas valley, so we decided to combine a trip to visit both my grandparents and the forest. The Fairy Forest is located at milepost 17 on the Mirror Lake Highway. 

I didn’t quite know what to expect when we walked up the forest. What we found was a large area that I feel is best described as a community art project. The naturally rocky area has been transformed as people have created little scenes, arranged stones and painted rocks. Many of the scenes were from this year, so I think it is a project that is continually growing. The kids had a lot of fun looking at all the different rocks.

After we circled around the forest, and headed out, little C asked, “Where the rocks?” He was heartbroken to learn that we were leaving and there wouldn’t be any more painted rocks to see. 

For more information and better directions on how to get there, see this post.