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Miller Peninsula State Park

Beach Trail–Bluff Trail, 4 sights

4.7 mi · ▲ 369 ft · 1 hr 45 min

Beach Trail–Bluff Trail, 4 sights is a 4.7-mile out-and-back in Miller Peninsula State Park near Gardiner, WA. It climbs 369 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade. It scores 87/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi33 – 410 ft · steepest grade: 19%4.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 48.07538, -122.96106
Nearest town Gardiner, WA
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Beach Trail–Bluff Trail, 4 sights

4.7 mi · ▲ 369 ft · 1 hr 45 min

Elevation 34–410 ft

Out & Back · Miller Peninsula State Park

Trailhead: 48.07538, -122.96106

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:53 AM · sunset 8:45 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.6 miSharp right, heading E.
  3. 0.4 miBear right onto Yarrow Cutoff, heading NW.
  4. 0.2 miBear right onto Diamond Point Boulevard, heading N.
  5. 0.4 miBear left onto Bluff Trail, heading NW.
  6. 0.8 miTurn right onto Beach Trail, heading NE.
  7. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Diamond Point Boulevard, heading SE.
  8. 0.3 miBear right onto Old Yarrow Road, heading S.
  9. 0.5 miTurn left, heading SW.
  10. 0.6 miTurn left, heading S.
  11. 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/beach-trail-bluff-trail-out-back-4-sights-8-km

Trail surface

32% dirt68% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:53 AMSunset 8:45 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 8:25 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 8:45 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 9:21 PM.

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