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Dash Point State Park Beach & Thames Creek Beach Trail via Ridge Trail is a 2.3-mile out-and-back in Dash Point State Park near Dash Point, WA. The route reaches Dash Point State Park Beach. It climbs 364 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi23 – 410 ft2.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Thames Creek Beach Trail 47.31829, -122.41363
Nearest town Dash Point, WA

Directions

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Dash Point State Park Beach & Thames Creek Beach Trail via Ridge Trail

2.3 mi · ▲ 364 ft · 57 min

Elevation 23–410 ft

Out & Back · Dash Point State Park

Trailhead: Thames Creek Beach Trail · 47.31829, -122.41363

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:53 AM · sunset 8:40 PM

Bikes allowed on the whole route · Dogs allowed on leash · Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Thames Creek Beach Trail, heading S.
  2. 50 ftPass Dash Point State Park Beach.
  3. 0.4 miBear right onto Outbound Trail, heading E.
  4. 0.3 miTurn right onto Boundary Trail, heading SW.
  5. 100 ftTurn left onto Heart Attack Hill, heading S.
  6. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Double Dip, heading SE.
  7. 0.2 miTurn left onto Ridge Trail, heading SE.
  8. 350 ftContinue straight onto IMBA Trail, heading E.
  9. 50 ftContinue straight onto Ridge Trail, heading E.
  10. 200 ftReach Dash Point State Park Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 150 ftContinue straight onto IMBA Trail, heading SE.
  12. 50 ftContinue straight onto Ridge Trail, heading E.
  13. 350 ftTurn right onto Double Dip, heading W.
  14. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Heart Attack Hill, heading NW.
  15. 0.2 miTurn right onto Boundary Trail, heading NW.
  16. 100 ftTurn left onto Outbound Trail, heading NW.
  17. 0.3 miBear left onto Thames Creek Beach Trail, heading N.
  18. 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

99% dirt1% boardwalk

Weather

Sunrise 5:53 AMSunset 8:40 PM

Good to know

  • Bikes allowed on the whole route
  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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