Bluff Viewpoint–1st Trail, 5 sights
6.9 mi · ▲ 450 ft · 2 hr 32 min
Bluff Viewpoint–1st Trail, 5 sights is a 6.9-mile out-and-back in Miller Peninsula State Park near Washington Harbor, WA. The route reaches Bluff Viewpoint. It climbs 450 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 83/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Bluff Viewpoint–1st Trail, 5 sights
6.9 mi · ▲ 450 ft · 2 hr 32 min
Elevation 167–350 ft
Out & Back · Miller Peninsula State Park
Trailhead: 1st Trail · 48.07336, -123.00396
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:53 AM · sunset 8:45 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on 1st Trail, heading NE.
- 0.6 miBear left onto Manzanita Trail, heading N.
- 1.6 miTurn left onto Bluff Crossing, heading N.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Bluff Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftReach Bluff Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Bluff Trail Cutoff, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Bluff Trail, heading S.
- 500 ftBear right onto Diamond Point Boulevard, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Manzanita Trail, heading S.
- 0.9 miTurn right onto Bluff Crossing, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Bluff Trail, heading W.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Muddy Bluff Alternate, heading SW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Manzanita Trail, heading SE.
- 1.1 miBear right onto 1st Trail, heading S.
- 0.6 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 0.3 mi in (~9 min). Leave by 8:16 PM for the 8:45 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:07 PM — 14 min before dark.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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