Tucked away roughly 40 miles south of Asheville, North Carolina, DuPont State Recreational Forest is one of the best examples ...

In the heat of the summer months ... Note that there is no access to the creek or waterfall from Strawberry, Arizona. In addition, the U.S. Forest Service warns that swimming or cliff diving ...

Past visitors to this fan waterfall note the cascades appear to glow at times. The trail can get busy in warm-weather months, as the forest cover provides a cool respite from the summer heat.

In summer, Soda Creek Falls is little more ... a short 0.3-mile hike winds through old-growth coastal forest to a waterfall that, at 319 feet, is the tallest in the Coast Range.

but space for swimming may be at a premium in the summer, with the cascades slowing to a trickle. The Fossil Creek Recreation Area in the Coconino National Forest is about 85 miles south of Flagstaff.