Indian Point–Black Lake, 8 sights
13.8 mi · ▲ 3,477 ft · 6 hr 20 min
Indian Point–Black Lake, 8 sights is a 13.8-mile out-and-back in Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness near Home Valley, WA. The route passes Black Lake and Rainy Lake before reaching Indian Point at the turnaround, 6.9 miles in. It climbs 3,477 ft, with sections as steep as 44% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 88/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Indian Point–Black Lake, 8 sights
13.8 mi · ▲ 3,477 ft · 6 hr 20 min
Elevation 2,464–4,609 ft
Out & Back · Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness
Trailhead: Dead Point Road · 45.61510, -121.75978
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:41 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Dead Point Road, heading NW.
- 50 ftPass Black Lake.
- 0.9 miSharp left onto Rainy-Wahtum Trail #409, heading SW.
- 450 ftTurn right onto Rainy Lake Trail #423A, heading NW.
- 50 ftPass Rainy Lake.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto North Lake Trail #423, heading W.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto Gorton Creek Trail #408, heading N.
- 2 miBear left onto Nick Eaton Trail #447, heading W.
- 2.3 miSharp right onto Ridge Cutoff Trail #437, heading NW.
- 0.5 miSharp right onto Gorton Creek Trail #408, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Indian Point Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miReach Indian Point, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Gorton Creek Trail #408, heading W.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Ridge Cutoff Trail #437, heading W.
- 0.5 miSharp left onto Nick Eaton Trail #447, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
- 2.2 miBear right onto Gorton Creek Trail #408, heading SE.
- 2 miSharp left onto North Lake Trail #423, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Rainy Lake Trail #423A, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Rainy-Wahtum Trail #409, heading S.
- 450 ftSharp right onto Dead Point Road, heading S.
- 0.9 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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