Dueling Cedars Viewpoint–Dueling Cedars Loop, 3 sights is a 2.6-mile loop in Japanese Gulch Park near Edgewater, WA. The route reaches Dueling Cedars Viewpoint. It climbs 575 ft, with sections as steep as 30% grade. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Dueling Cedars Viewpoint–Dueling Cedars Loop, 3 sights
2.6 mi · ▲ 575 ft · 1 hr 9 min
Elevation 89–494 ft
Loop · Japanese Gulch Park
Trailhead: 47.94026, -122.28461
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:50 AM · sunset 8:42 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading W.
- 450 ftSharp right onto Japanese Gulch Loop, heading W.
- 200 ftTurn left onto Structural Limit, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Mukraker, heading SW.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 350 ftBear right onto Japanese Gulch Loop, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Dueling Cedars, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miReach Dueling Cedars Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
- 350 ftPass Dueling Cedars Viewpoint.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Mainline Trail, heading NE.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Japanese Gulch Loop, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading S.
- 400 ftBear left, heading S.
- 250 ftSharp right, heading SE.
- 150 ftThe loop closes 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 0.6 mi in (~16 min). Leave by 8:06 PM for the 8:42 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:16 PM — 1 min before dark.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from this trailhead
- Japanese Gulch Trail via Japanese Gulch Loop 1.9 mi · ▲ 318 ft
- Dueling Cedars & Japanese Gulch Trail via Japanese Gulch Loop 2.4 mi · ▲ 315 ft
- Japanese Gulch Trail Loop via Japanese Gulch Loop 2.4 mi · ▲ 301 ft
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