AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Gazzam Lake Nature Preserve

Veterane Trail via Gazzam Lake Main Trail

3 mi · ▲ 497 ft · 1 hr 15 min

Veterane Trail via Gazzam Lake Main Trail is a 3-mile out-and-back in Gazzam Lake Nature Preserve near Westwood, WA. It climbs 497 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 16/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi16 – 351 ft · steepest grade: 18%3.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 47.61387, -122.57179
Nearest town Westwood, WA
Google Maps Apple Maps

Directions

AMBLEWAYwww.ambleway.com

Veterane Trail via Gazzam Lake Main Trail

3 mi · ▲ 497 ft · 1 hr 15 min

Elevation 15–352 ft

Out & Back · Gazzam Lake Nature Preserve

Trailhead: 47.61387, -122.57179

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:52 AM · sunset 8:42 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 0.4 miSharp right onto Gazzam Lake Main Trail, heading SE.
  3. 0.5 miBear right onto Veterane Trail, heading SW.
  4. 250 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  5. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  6. 0.6 miReach Veterane Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.6 miTurn right, heading N.
  8. 150 ftBear left, heading E.
  9. 350 ftBear left onto Gazzam Lake Main Trail, heading NE.
  10. 0.5 miSharp left, heading NW.
  11. 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/gazzam-lake-main-trail-out-back-5-km

Trail surface

74% dirt26% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:52 AMSunset 8:42 PM

Other ways to reach this destination

More from this trailhead

Hikes near Westwood, Washington