Big Beef Creek Wildlife Area

Hintzville Beaver Ponds & Lost Highway West

6.2 mi · ▲ 218 ft · 2 hr 11 min

Hintzville Beaver Ponds & Lost Highway West is a 6.2-mile out-and-back in Big Beef Creek Wildlife Area near Hintzville, WA. The route reaches Hintzville Beaver Ponds at the turnaround, 3.1 miles in. It is mostly level, with 218 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 80/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi499 – 617 ft6.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 47.51662, -122.91519
Nearest town Hintzville, WA

Directions

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Hintzville Beaver Ponds & Lost Highway West

6.2 mi · ▲ 218 ft · 2 hr 11 min

Elevation 497–616 ft

Out & Back · Big Beef Creek Wildlife Area

Trailhead: 47.51662, -122.91519

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:54 AM · sunset 8:43 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Lost Highway West, heading N.
  3. 2.6 miTurn left, heading W.
  4. 0.3 miReach Hintzville Beaver Ponds, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 3.1 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

94% dirt6% gravel

Weather

Sunrise 5:54 AMSunset 8:43 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.9 mi in (~25 min). Leave by 7:58 PM for the 8:43 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:21 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint

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