AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Kepke Lake & Burnit Coalmine Road

2 mi · ▲ 226 ft · 47 min

Kepke Lake & Burnit Coalmine Road is a 2-mile out-and-back near Wilkeson, WA. The route reaches Kepke Lake at the turnaround, 1 miles in. It is mostly level, with 226 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi965 – 1,112 ft2.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 47.11214, -122.04617
Nearest town Wilkeson, WA
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Kepke Lake & Burnit Coalmine Road

2 mi · ▲ 226 ft · 47 min

Elevation 964–1,113 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 47.11214, -122.04617

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:52 AM · sunset 8:38 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.4 miBear left, heading NW.
  3. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Burnit Coalmine Road, heading NW.
  4. 0.5 miReach Kepke Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 0.7 miBear right, heading SE.
  6. 0.3 miArrive 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/kepke-lake-kepke-lake-out-back-3-km-d584

Weather

Sunrise 5:52 AMSunset 8:38 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 8:18 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 8:38 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 9:13 PM.

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