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Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve

Bluff Overlook & Fort Casey State Park Viewpoint via Kettles Trail

12 mi · ▲ 480 ft · 4 hr 14 min

Bluff Overlook & Fort Casey State Park Viewpoint via Kettles Trail is a 12-mile out-and-back in Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve near Coveland, WA. The route passes Bluff Overlook before reaching Fort Casey State Park Viewpoint at the turnaround, 6 miles in. It climbs 480 ft. It scores 13/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Getting there

Trailhead: Main Line 48.22009, -122.74864
Nearest town Coveland, WA
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Bluff Overlook & Fort Casey State Park Viewpoint via Kettles Trail

12 mi · ▲ 480 ft · 4 hr 14 min

Out & Back · Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve

Trailhead: Main Line · 48.22009, -122.74864

Weather Jul 18: Partly cloudy, high 63°F / low 53° · precip 2% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 5:30 AM · sunset 9:06 PM

  1. Start on Main Line, heading NE.
  2. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Boundary Trail, heading E.
  3. 0.1 miTurn left onto Something, heading SW.
  4. 100 ftTurn right onto High Traverse, heading S.
  5. 500 ftBear left onto Alder Grove, heading E.
  6. 350 ftTurn right onto TC Cutoff, heading SE.
  7. 50 ftContinue straight onto IC Cutoff, heading SE.
  8. 50 ftContinue straight onto Confusion, heading SE.
  9. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Madrona Hill, heading SE.
  10. 50 ftContinue straight onto Confusion, heading SE.
  11. 50 ftTurn left onto Roy Evans, heading SE.
  12. 0.1 miBear right onto Humpty Dump, heading S.
  13. 250 ftTurn right onto H.O.T. USAF, heading E.
  14. 50 ftBear left onto Humpty Dump, heading SE.
  15. 150 ftTurn left onto Kettles Trail, heading NE.
  16. 1.1 miTurn right onto Kettles Spur Trail, heading E.
  17. 0.4 miTurn right onto Pratt Loop Trail, heading SE.
  18. 0.4 miTurn right onto Ebey's Prairie Ridge Trail, heading S.
  19. 0.3 miPass Bluff Overlook.
  20. 50 ftTurn left onto Bluff Trail, heading SW.
  21. 3 miPass Fort Casey State Park Viewpoint.
  22. 100 ftTurn left, heading S.
  23. 150 ftReach Bluff Overlook, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  24. 150 ftTurn right, heading S.
  25. 3 miTurn right onto Ebey's Prairie Ridge Trail, heading NW.
  26. 0.3 miTurn left onto Pratt Loop Trail, heading NE.
  27. 0.4 miTurn left onto Kettles Spur Trail, heading N.
  28. 0.4 miTurn left onto Kettles Trail, heading W.
  29. 1.1 miTurn right onto Humpty Dump, heading NW.
  30. 150 ftBear right onto H.O.T. USAF, heading W.
  31. 50 ftTurn left onto Humpty Dump, heading W.
  32. 250 ftBear left onto Roy Evans, heading W.
  33. 0.1 miTurn right onto Confusion, heading W.
  34. 50 ftContinue straight onto Madrona Hill, heading W.
  35. 50 ftContinue straight onto Confusion, heading W.
  36. 0.1 miContinue straight onto IC Cutoff, heading N.
  37. 50 ftContinue straight onto TC Cutoff, heading N.
  38. 50 ftTurn left onto Alder Grove, heading N.
  39. 350 ftBear right onto High Traverse, heading NW.
  40. 500 ftTurn left onto Something, heading W.
  41. 100 ftTurn right onto Boundary Trail, heading W.
  42. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Main Line, heading NW.
  43. 350 ftArrive 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/bluff-overlook-fort-casey-state-park-viewpoint-out-back-18-km-ac23

Trail surface

14% dirt13% paved5% other68% unspecified

Weather

Partly cloudyTemperature 63°F53°
Precip2%Wind9 mphUV7Humidity89%
Rained 0.4″ 2 days ago · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperature
65°50°
Sunrise 5:30 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 9:06 PM
Sun 67°51°
Mon 72°52°
Tue 73°57°
Wed 75°57°
Thu 72°58°
Fri 62°54°

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