Badger Valley Trail & Elk Mountain Trail
4.4 mi · ▲ 1,367 ft · 2 hr 9 min
Badger Valley Trail & Elk Mountain Trail is a 4.4-mile out-and-back near Little Oklahoma, WA. It climbs 1,367 ft, with sections as steep as 40% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 95/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Badger Valley Trail & Elk Mountain Trail
4.4 mi · ▲ 1,367 ft · 2 hr 9 min
Elevation 5,340–6,650 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Obstruction Point Trailhead · 47.91835, -123.38223
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:17 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Obstruction Point-Deer Park Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Badger Valley Trail, heading E.
- 0.9 miTurn left onto Elk Mountain Trail, heading N.
- 1.3 miSharp left onto Obstruction Point-Deer Park Trail, heading NW.
- 2 miArrive 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:57 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:17 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:48 PM.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Obstruction Point Trailhead Trailhead
- Obstruction Point-Deer Park Trail 7.4 mi · ▲ 1,590 ft
- Grand Pass–Grand Pass Trail, 3 sights 13 mi · ▲ 6,007 ft
- Grand Valley Trail 3.2 mi · ▲ 621 ft
- Grand Pass Peak–Grand Pass, 3 summits 10.3 mi · ▲ 4,039 ft
- Low Pass & Lillian Ridge Way Trail 7.4 mi · ▲ 2,553 ft
- Obstruction Point-Deer Park Viewpoint–Grand Lake Loop, 5 sights 9.9 mi · ▲ 3,229 ft
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