An ancient and long dead ponderosa pine tree along the Queens River Trail.
Stream crossing beneath a towering ponderosa pine along the Queens River Trail.
Looking up the Queens River to the flanks of Nahneke Mountains from a meadow along the Queens River Trail.
The China Basin Trail is not heavily used, so hikers often have to look for the cut logs cleared from the trail after a forest fire in 2000.
Western spirea (Spirea douglasii).
Hikers up China Basin will get some glimpses looking up the Queens River Canyon.
Looking down the China Basin and across the Queens River Valley.
The view south across the Atlanta valley.
There are some nice views of the main portal at the mouth of the Middle Fork of the Boise River from the top of the China Basin climb.
The south facing Joe Daley Trail can support more wildflowers than the shady China Basin side.
The primitive trailhead at Joe Daley Creek.