Greg Ball Viewpoint & Wallace Lake via Greg Ball Trail
8.5 mi · ▲ 1,298 ft · 3 hr 29 min
Greg Ball Viewpoint & Wallace Lake via Greg Ball Trail is an 8.5-mile out-and-back in Wallace Falls State Park near Startup, WA. The route passes Wallace Lake before reaching Greg Ball Viewpoint at the turnaround, 4.2 miles in. It climbs 1,298 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 71/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Greg Ball Viewpoint & Wallace Lake via Greg Ball Trail
8.5 mi · ▲ 1,298 ft · 3 hr 29 min
Elevation 574–1,856 ft
Out & Back · Wallace Falls State Park
Trailhead: 47.89069, -121.73716
Weather Aug 4: Clear, high 79°F / low 57° · precip 0% · wind 1 mph · sunrise 5:48 AM · sunset 8:39 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 0.8 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.9 miBear right, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 1.6 miPass Wallace Lake.
- 100 ftBear left onto Greg Ball Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftReach Greg Ball Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading SE.
- 1.7 miTurn left, heading W.
- 250 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.7 miArrive 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 2.3 mi in (~65 min). Leave by 7:15 PM for the 8:39 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:52 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Upper Olney Falls & Upper Olney Falls View via Upper Olney Falls Trail 3.2 mi · ▲ 210 ft
- Shaw Lake 10.3 mi · ▲ 1,773 ft
- Middle Wallace Falls–Upper Wallace Falls Viewpoint, 4 viewpoints 14.6 mi · ▲ 2,295 ft
- Lower Wallace Falls–Upper Wallace Falls Viewpoint, 5 viewpoints 15.7 mi · ▲ 3,613 ft
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