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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.

Elevation

0 mi89 – 495 ft · steepest grade: 30%3.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 47.94026, -122.28461
Nearest town Edgewater, WA

Directions

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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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 50 ftSharp right, heading W.
  3. 450 ftSharp right onto Japanese Gulch Loop, heading W.
  4. 200 ftTurn left onto Structural Limit, heading NW.
  5. 250 ftTurn left onto Mukraker, heading SW.
  6. 0.1 miSharp right, heading SW.
  7. 350 ftBear right onto Japanese Gulch Loop, heading NW.
  8. 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  9. 0.3 miSharp right, heading S.
  10. 50 ftTurn right onto Dueling Cedars, heading SW.
  11. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  12. 0.2 miReach Dueling Cedars Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  14. 350 ftPass Dueling Cedars Viewpoint.
  15. 0.1 miBear left onto Mainline Trail, heading NE.
  16. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Japanese Gulch Loop, heading NW.
  17. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  18. 0.4 miBear left, heading S.
  19. 400 ftBear left, heading S.
  20. 250 ftSharp right, heading SE.
  21. 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.

Trail surface

30% dirt2% gravel1% paved67% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:50 AMSunset 8:42 PM

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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