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Point Defiance Park

Five Mile Drive–Inside Loop Trail (Yellow), 3 sights

2.1 mi · ▲ 222 ft · 49 min

Five Mile Drive–Inside Loop Trail (Yellow), 3 sights is a 2.1-mile out-and-back in Point Defiance Park near Fort Nisqually, WA. It is mostly level, with 222 ft of elevation gain. It scores 20/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi7 – 266 ft · steepest grade: 21%2.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Five Mile Drive 47.30673, -122.53481
Nearest town Fort Nisqually, WA
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Five Mile Drive–Inside Loop Trail (Yellow), 3 sights

2.1 mi · ▲ 222 ft · 49 min

Elevation 6–265 ft

Out & Back · Point Defiance Park

Trailhead: Five Mile Drive · 47.30673, -122.53481

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:53 AM · sunset 8:41 PM

  1. Start on Five Mile Drive, heading N.
  2. 50 ftContinue straight onto Inside Loop Trail (Yellow), heading NW.
  3. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Five Mile Drive, heading NW.
  4. 100 ftContinue straight onto Outer Loop (Blue), heading NW.
  5. 150 ftContinue straight onto Five Mile Drive, heading N.
  6. 150 ftContinue straight onto Inside Loop Trail (Yellow), heading NW.
  7. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
  8. 0.4 miBear left onto Five Mile Drive, heading NE.
  9. 0.1 miBear right onto Path to Owen Beach, heading SW.
  10. 0.2 miTurn left onto Owen Beach, heading NW.
  11. 100 ftReach Five Mile Drive, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 150 ftTurn right onto Path to Owen Beach, heading NE.
  13. 0.2 miBear left onto Five Mile Drive, heading SW.
  14. 0.1 miBear right onto Inside Loop Trail (Yellow), heading S.
  15. 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
  16. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Five Mile Drive, heading SW.
  17. 150 ftContinue straight onto Outer Loop (Blue), heading SE.
  18. 150 ftContinue straight onto Five Mile Drive, heading SE.
  19. 50 ftContinue straight onto Inside Loop Trail (Yellow), heading SE.
  20. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Five Mile Drive, heading S.
  21. 50 ftArrive 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/inside-loop-trail-yellow-owen-beach-out-back-4-km-3feb

Trail surface

59% dirt15% paved2% sand24% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:53 AMSunset 8:41 PM

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