Actual Cave–Semi Wall, 8 sights is a 14.6-mile out-and-back in Olallie State Park near Ragnar, WA. The route passes Semi Wall, Actual Cave, Amazonia and 3 more. It climbs 3,663 ft, with sections as steep as 29% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 22/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi614 – 3,481 ft · steepest grade: 29%15.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Twin Falls Trail 47.45262, -121.70545
Nearest town Ragnar, WA
Directions
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Actual Cave–Semi Wall, 8 sights
14.6 mi · ▲ 3,663 ft · 6 hr 42 min
Elevation 613–3,481 ft
Out & Back · Olallie State Park
Trailhead: Twin Falls Trail · 47.45262, -121.70545
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:52 AM · sunset 7:10 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Twin Falls Trail, heading SE.
- 1.9 miContinue straight onto Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miPass Semi Wall.
- 100 ftSharp right onto Mount Washington Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miPass Actual Cave.
- 50 ftPass Amazonia.
- 50 ftPass Club Paradiso.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Amazonian access, heading S.
- 50 ftReach Semi Wall, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Mount Washington Trail, heading S.
- 2.1 miTurn right onto Olallie Trail;Mount Washington Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Olallie Trail, heading SW.
- 0.9 miPass Olallie Viewpoint.
- 2.7 miPass Olallie Viewpoint.
- 200 ftSharp right onto Olallie Trail Downhill Alternate, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Olallie Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left onto Olallie Trail Downhill Alternate, heading W.
- 100 ftBear right onto Olallie Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Olallie Trail Downhill Alternate, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Olallie Trail, heading SW.
- 1.7 miSharp right onto Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail, heading N.
- 1.8 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.7 miSharp left onto Twin Falls Trail, heading E.
- 1.8 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
78% dirt22% gravel
Weather
Sunrise 6:52 AMSunset 7:10 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 4.9 mi in (~208 min). Leave by 3:23 PM for the 7:10 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:27 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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