AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Change Creek Trail

5 mi · ▲ 2,285 ft · 2 hr 49 min

Change Creek Trail is a 5-mile out-and-back near Garcia, WA. It climbs 2,285 ft, with sections as steep as 40% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 19/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi1,214 – 3,396 ft · steepest grade: 40%5.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 47.43556, -121.65532
Nearest town Garcia, WA
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Change Creek Trail

5 mi · ▲ 2,285 ft · 2 hr 49 min

Elevation 1,214–3,395 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 47.43556, -121.65532

Weather Aug 3: Mostly clear, high 72°F / low 47° · precip 0% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 5:48 AM · sunset 8:39 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Hall Creek Trail, heading S.
  2. 0.2 miTurn right onto Hall Creek Trestle, heading N.
  3. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Change Creek Trail, heading NW.
  4. 1.2 miSharp left, heading W.
  5. 0.1 miTurn left onto 5010-350, heading SW.
  6. 0.5 miTurn right onto Pond Trail, heading SW.
  7. 0.1 miTurn left onto Olallie Trail, heading NW.
  8. 0.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  9. 0.2 miTurn right onto Pond Trail, heading NE.
  10. 0.1 miTurn left onto 5010-350, heading SE.
  11. 0.5 miTurn right, heading NE.
  12. 0.1 miSharp right onto Change Creek Trail, heading NE.
  13. 1.2 miContinue straight onto Hall Creek Trestle, heading N.
  14. 0.1 miTurn left onto Hall Creek Trail, heading N.
  15. 0.2 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/change-creek-trail-out-back-8-km-0b7c

Trail surface

70% dirt5% gravel25% unspecified

Weather

Mostly clearTemperature 72°F47°
Precip0%Wind5 mphUV7Humidity76%
Hourly temperature
75°45°
Sunrise 5:48 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:39 PM
Tue 80°57°
Wed 86°63°
Thu 87°61°
Fri 79°53°
Sat 77°52°
Sun 79°52°

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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