Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge Viewpoint & Sequalitchew Canyon Trail
4.7 mi · ▲ 352 ft · 1 hr 45 min
Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge Viewpoint & Sequalitchew Canyon Trail is a 4.7-mile out-and-back near DuPont, WA. The route reaches Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge Viewpoint. It climbs 352 ft, with sections as steep as 32% grade. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge Viewpoint & Sequalitchew Canyon Trail
4.7 mi · ▲ 352 ft · 1 hr 45 min
Elevation 19–246 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 47.10062, -122.67450
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:54 AM · sunset 8:41 PM
Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftPass Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge Viewpoint.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Sequalitchew Canyon Trail, heading E.
- 1 miReach Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.9 miBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 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 0.5 mi in (~13 min). Leave by 8:08 PM for the 8:41 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:09 PM — 7 min before dark.
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- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from this trailhead
- Sequalitchew Canyon Trail 4.5 mi · ▲ 352 ft
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