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Kelley's Gap Road is a 5-mile out-and-back near Cougar Valley, WA. It climbs 1,863 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 63/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi4,390 – 5,873 ft · steepest grade: 24%5.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Bullion Basin Trail 46.93880, -121.46808
Nearest town Cougar Valley, WA

Directions

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Kelley's Gap Road

5 mi · ▲ 1,863 ft · 2 hr 36 min

Elevation 4,392–5,874 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Bullion Basin Trail · 46.93880, -121.46808

Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 68°F / low 41° · precip 1% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 5:49 AM · sunset 8:37 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Bullion Basin Trail, heading S.
  2. 0.2 miTurn left onto Gold Hill Road East, heading SW.
  3. 0.2 miSharp left, heading S.
  4. 450 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  5. 0.1 miTurn left onto Kelley's Gap Road, heading NW.
  6. 1.9 miReach Kelley's Gap Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 1.9 miTurn right, heading S.
  8. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  9. 450 ftSharp right onto Gold Hill Road East, heading SE.
  10. 0.2 miTurn right onto Bullion Basin Trail, heading E.
  11. 0.2 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

96% dirt4% unspecified

Weather

ClearTemperature 68°F41°
Precip1%Wind4 mphUV7Humidity53%
Hourly temperature
70°40°
Sunrise 5:49 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:37 PM
Tue 74°51°
Wed 82°58°
Thu 85°56°
Fri 76°51°
Sat 73°47°
Sun 74°47°

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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