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.
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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 Aug 4: Clear, high 77°F / low 58° · precip 0% · wind 2 mph · sunrise 5:53 AM · sunset 8:45 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Manzanita Trail, heading NE.
- 1.9 miSharp right onto Diamond Point Boulevard, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Fireweed Road, heading SW.
- 0.6 miReach Bluff Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Yarrow Cutoff, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Diamond Point Boulevard, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Bluff Trail, heading NW.
- 500 ftBear right onto Bluff Trail Cutoff, heading NW.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Bluff Trail, heading NW.
- 1.1 miContinue straight onto Muddy Bluff Alternate, heading W.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Manzanita Trail, heading SE.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 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 0.1 mi in (~3 min). Leave by 8:22 PM for the 8:45 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:03 PM — 18 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
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More from this trailhead
- Bluff Trail–Bluff to Beach (B2B), 3 sights 6 mi · ▲ 358 ft
- Manzanita Trail–Trailhead Loop, 3 sights 8.3 mi · ▲ 443 ft
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