Black Lake–Rainy Lake, 7 sights
5.5 mi · ▲ 629 ft · 2 hr 9 min
Black Lake–Rainy Lake, 7 sights is a 5.5-mile out-and-back in Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness near Home Valley, WA. The route passes Black Lake, Rainy Lake and North Lake. It climbs 629 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 93/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Black Lake–Rainy Lake, 7 sights
5.5 mi · ▲ 629 ft · 2 hr 9 min
Elevation 3,767–4,157 ft
Out & Back · Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness
Trailhead: Dead Point Road · 45.61510, -121.75978
Weather Sep 4: Light drizzle, high 52°F / low 41° · precip 53% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:41 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Dead Point Road, heading NW.
- 50 ftPass Black Lake.
- 0.9 miSharp left onto Rainy-Wahtum Trail #409, heading SW.
- 450 ftTurn right onto Rainy Lake Trail #423A, heading NW.
- 50 ftPass Rainy Lake.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto North Lake Trail #423, heading NE.
- 0.9 miBear left onto North Lakeshore Trail #411A, heading NW.
- 50 ftPass North Lake.
- 500 ftReach Black Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 500 ftTurn left onto North Lake Trail #423, heading E.
- 100 ftBear right onto Wyeth Trail #411, heading E.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Mount Defiance Trail #413, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Dead Point Road, heading SW.
- 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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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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