Adult Fish Holding Ponds–Adult Ponds, 8 lakes is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in Bonneville State Scenic Corridor near Fort Rains, WA. The route passes Battery "B" Rearing Ponds, Trout, Adult Fish Holding Ponds and 2 more before reaching Adult Ponds at the turnaround, 2.3 miles in. It climbs 1,221 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Adult Fish Holding Ponds–Adult Ponds, 8 lakes
4.5 mi · ▲ 1,221 ft · 2 hr 7 min
Elevation 78–647 ft
Out & Back · Bonneville State Scenic Corridor
Trailhead: Gorge Trail #400 · 45.64141, -121.92555
Weather Sep 4: Light drizzle, high 69°F / low 54° · precip 56% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:42 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Eagle Creek Campground Loop, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right onto Gorge Trail #400, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 1.2 miSharp right onto portage road connector, heading W.
- 400 ftSharp left onto old portage road, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Historic Columbia River Highway State Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.3 miPass Battery "B" Rearing Ponds.
- 50 ftPass Trout.
- 50 ftPass Sturgeon.
- 400 ftPass Battery "D" Rearing Pond.
- 50 ftPass Adult Ponds.
- 150 ftReach Adult Fish Holding Ponds, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear right onto old portage road, heading E.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto portage road connector, heading E.
- 400 ftSharp left onto Gorge Trail #400, heading SE.
- 1.2 miBear left onto Eagle Creek Campground Loop, heading W.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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