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Miller Peninsula State Park

Cat Lake–1st Trail, 8 sights

10.7 mi · ▲ 650 ft · 3 hr 54 min

Cat Lake–1st Trail, 8 sights is a 10.7-mile out-and-back in Miller Peninsula State Park near Washington Harbor, WA. The route reaches Cat Lake. It climbs 650 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 81/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi167 – 410 ft10.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: 1st Trail 48.07336, -123.00396
Nearest town Washington Harbor, WA
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Cat Lake–1st Trail, 8 sights

10.7 mi · ▲ 650 ft · 3 hr 54 min

Elevation 167–409 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

  1. Start on 1st Trail, heading NE.
  2. 0.6 miBear left onto Manzanita Trail, heading N.
  3. 2.4 miSharp right onto Diamond Point Boulevard, heading W.
  4. 0.3 miTurn right onto Fireweed Road, heading SW.
  5. 0.3 miSharp left, heading E.
  6. 400 ftBear right onto South 40, heading SE.
  7. 0.8 miBear left, heading SE.
  8. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  9. 0.3 miReach Cat Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
  11. 0.4 miBear left, heading E.
  12. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  13. 0.3 miSharp right, heading NW.
  14. 0.4 miBear right onto Yarrow Cutoff, heading NW.
  15. 0.2 miBear right onto Diamond Point Boulevard, heading NW.
  16. 0.4 miBear left onto Bluff Trail, heading N.
  17. 0.1 miBear right onto Bluff Trail Cutoff, heading NW.
  18. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Bluff Trail, heading NW.
  19. 1.1 miContinue straight onto Muddy Bluff Alternate, heading W.
  20. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Manzanita Trail, heading SE.
  21. 1.1 miBear right onto 1st Trail, heading S.
  22. 0.5 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/cat-lake-out-back-16-km-f108

Trail surface

63% dirt37% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:53 AMSunset 8:45 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.3 mi in (~10 min). Leave by 8:15 PM for the 8:45 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:07 PM — 14 min before dark.

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