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Miller Peninsula State Park

Bluff Trail Cutoff–Bluff Trail, 5 sights

7.3 mi · ▲ 381 ft · 2 hr 37 min

Bluff Trail Cutoff–Bluff Trail, 5 sights is a 7.3-mile out-and-back in Miller Peninsula State Park near Washington Harbor, WA. It climbs 381 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 86/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi167 – 361 ft7.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 48.08027, -122.99105
Nearest town Washington Harbor, WA
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Bluff Trail Cutoff–Bluff Trail, 5 sights

7.3 mi · ▲ 381 ft · 2 hr 37 min

Elevation 167–361 ft

Out & Back · Miller Peninsula State Park

Trailhead: 48.08027, -122.99105

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:16 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.2 miTurn right onto Manzanita Trail, heading NE.
  3. 1.9 miSharp right onto Diamond Point Boulevard, heading W.
  4. 0.3 miTurn right onto Fireweed Road, heading SW.
  5. 0.6 miReach Bluff Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.8 miBear left, heading E.
  7. 0.4 miBear right onto Yarrow Cutoff, heading NW.
  8. 0.2 miBear right onto Diamond Point Boulevard, heading N.
  9. 0.4 miBear left onto Bluff Trail, heading NW.
  10. 500 ftBear right onto Bluff Trail Cutoff, heading NW.
  11. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Bluff Trail, heading NW.
  12. 1.1 miContinue straight onto Muddy Bluff Alternate, heading W.
  13. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Manzanita Trail, heading SE.
  14. 0.6 miTurn left, heading SW.
  15. 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.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/bluff-trail-cutoff-bluff-trail-out-back-6-sights-12-km

Trail surface

78% dirt22% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:57 AMSunset 7:16 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.6 mi in (~14 min). Leave by 6:42 PM for the 7:16 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:46 PM — 1 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint

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