Morning Star Natural Resources Conservation Area

Greider Lakes Viewpoint–Big Greider Lake, 6 lakes

8.3 mi · ▲ 1,716 ft · 3 hr 37 min

Greider Lakes Viewpoint–Big Greider Lake, 6 lakes is an 8.3-mile out-and-back in Morning Star Natural Resources Conservation Area near Silverton, WA. The route passes Spada Lake, Reflection Ponds and Greider Lakes Viewpoint before reaching Big Greider Lake at the turnaround, 4.1 miles in. It climbs 1,716 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 93/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi1,463 – 2,989 ft · steepest grade: 25%8.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Greider/Boulder Lakes Trailhead 47.97362, -121.61367
Nearest town Silverton, WA · Official trailhead info (snopud.com)

Directions

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Greider Lakes Viewpoint–Big Greider Lake, 6 lakes

8.3 mi · ▲ 1,716 ft · 3 hr 37 min

Elevation 1,464–2,989 ft

Out & Back · Morning Star Natural Resources Conservation Area

Trailhead: Greider/Boulder Lakes Trailhead · 47.97362, -121.61367

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:47 AM · sunset 8:39 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Greider/Boulder Lakes Trail, heading E.
  2. 50 ftPass Spada Lake.
  3. 2 miPass Reflection Ponds.
  4. 300 ftBear right onto Greider Lakes Trail, heading SE.
  5. 2 miPass Big Greider Lake.
  6. 400 ftReach Greider Lakes Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 2.1 miBear left onto Greider/Boulder Lakes Trail, heading W.
  8. 1.9 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

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 5:47 AMSunset 8:39 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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