Forest Road 5400-403 via Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail is a 12.8-mile out-and-back near Whittier, WA. It climbs 841 ft. It scores 5/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi2,310 – 2,625 ft13.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Forest Road 5400-314 47.30200, -121.31873
Nearest town Whittier, WA
Directions
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Forest Road 5400-403 via Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail
12.8 mi · ▲ 841 ft · 4 hr 41 min
Elevation 2,309–2,626 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Forest Road 5400-314 · 47.30200, -121.31873
Weather Sep 5: Drizzle, high 62°F / low 45° · precip 46% · wind 2 mph · sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:41 PM
- Start on Forest Road 5400-314, heading S.
- 1.5 miTurn left onto Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail, heading SE.
- 1.5 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Forest Road 5400-424, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Forest Road 5400-403, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading NW.
- 1.1 miReach Forest Road 5400-403, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.5 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.9 miTurn right onto Forest Road 5400-424, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail, heading N.
- 1.5 miTurn right onto Forest Road 5400-314, heading NW.
- 1.4 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
24% gravel76% unspecified
Weather
DrizzleTemperature 62°F45°
Precip46%Wind2 mphUV5Humidity61%
Hourly temperatureRain chance
65°45°
Sunrise 6:29 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:41 PM
Sat
62°48°
39%
Sun
66°48°
29%
Mon
64°45°
16%
Tue
74°48°
Wed
78°50°
Thu
65°50°
Other ways to reach this destination
- 3.9 mi · loop · via Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail
- 4.8 mi · out & back · via Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail
- 5.2 mi · out & back · via Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail
- 5.6 mi · out & back · via Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail
- 5.7 mi · out & back · via Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail
- 6 mi · out & back · via Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail
- 7 mi · out & back · via Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail
- 7.3 mi · out & back · via Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail
More from Forest Road 5400-314 Trailhead
- Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail 3.7 mi · ▲ 431 ft
- Forest Road 5400-428 via Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail 4.5 mi · ▲ 486 ft
- Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail 6.6 mi · ▲ 519 ft
- Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail 7.3 mi · ▲ 636 ft
- Forest Road 5400-424 & Forest Road 5400-428 via Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail 8.7 mi · ▲ 811 ft
- Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail 10.4 mi · ▲ 663 ft
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