Green Mountain State Forest

Beaver Pond Trail & Gold Creek Trail

2.8 mi · ▲ 757 ft · 1 hr 19 min

Beaver Pond Trail & Gold Creek Trail is a 2.8-mile out-and-back in Green Mountain State Forest near Wildcat Lake, WA. It climbs 757 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 63/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi722 – 1,493 ft · steepest grade: 17%2.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Wildcat Trail 47.56567, -122.80513
Nearest town Wildcat Lake, WA

Directions

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Beaver Pond Trail & Gold Creek Trail

2.8 mi · ▲ 757 ft · 1 hr 19 min

Elevation 721–1,493 ft

Out & Back · Green Mountain State Forest

Trailhead: Wildcat Trail · 47.56567, -122.80513

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:53 AM · sunset 8:43 PM

Horses allowed on the whole route · Toilets at the trailhead

  1. Start on Wildcat Trail, heading SW.
  2. 400 ftTurn right onto Gold Creek Trail, heading NW.
  3. 0.3 miBear left onto Beaver Pond Trail, heading SW.
  4. 50 ftBear left onto Gold Creek Trail, heading SW.
  5. 1 miReach Gold Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 1 miBear right onto Beaver Pond Trail, heading N.
  7. 50 ftBear right onto Gold Creek Trail, heading N.
  8. 0.3 miTurn left onto Wildcat Trail, heading SE.
  9. 400 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

94% dirt6% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:53 AMSunset 8:43 PM

Good to know

  • Horses allowed on the whole route
  • Toilets at the trailhead

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