Bluff Viewpoint–Bluff Trail Cutoff, 6 sights
4.9 mi · ▲ 284 ft · 1 hr 47 min
Bluff Viewpoint–Bluff Trail Cutoff, 6 sights is a 4.9-mile out-and-back in Miller Peninsula State Park near Gardiner, WA. The route reaches Bluff Viewpoint at the turnaround, 2.3 miles in. It climbs 284 ft. It scores 87/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Bluff Viewpoint–Bluff Trail Cutoff, 6 sights
4.9 mi · ▲ 284 ft · 1 hr 47 min
Elevation 194–364 ft
Out & Back · Miller Peninsula State Park
Trailhead: 48.08729, -122.94515
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:52 AM · sunset 8:45 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Diamond Point Boulevard, heading NW.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Bluff Trail, heading NW.
- 500 ftBear right onto Bluff Trail Cutoff, heading N.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Bluff Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miSharp right, heading N.
- 50 ftReach Bluff Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Bluff Crossing, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Manzanita Trail, heading S.
- 0.9 miBear left onto Diamond Point Boulevard, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Yarrow Cutoff, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Old Yarrow Road, heading SE.
- 0.7 miBear left onto Diamond Point Boulevard, heading E.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.5 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 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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The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 8:24 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 8:45 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 9:21 PM.
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More from this trailhead
- Diamond Point Boulevard 1.9 mi · ▲ 163 ft
- Alder Hollow Trail–Diamond Point Boulevard, 3 sights 3.9 mi · ▲ 255 ft
- Fireweed Road & Old Yarrow Road 4.6 mi · ▲ 281 ft
- Old Yarrow Road & West Diamond Point Trail 6 mi · ▲ 363 ft
- Diamond Point Boulevard–East Diamond Point Trail, 4 sights 6.7 mi · ▲ 511 ft
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