Kepke Lake & Burnit Coalmine Road

3.4 mi · ▲ 737 ft · 1 hr 30 min

Kepke Lake & Burnit Coalmine Road is a 3.4-mile out-and-back near Burnett, WA. The route reaches Kepke Lake. It climbs 737 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 6/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi879 – 1,145 ft · steepest grade: 17%3.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 47.12392, -122.03177
Nearest town Burnett, WA

Directions

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Kepke Lake & Burnit Coalmine Road

3.4 mi · ▲ 737 ft · 1 hr 30 min

Elevation 879–1,145 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 47.12392, -122.03177

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  3. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
  4. 0.3 miSharp right, heading W.
  5. 0.4 miBear left, heading SW.
  6. 0.2 miPass Kepke Lake.
  7. 200 ftBear left, heading W.
  8. 500 ftSharp left, heading W.
  9. 200 ftBear right, heading W.
  10. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  11. 100 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  12. 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
  13. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  14. 50 ftSharp right onto Burnit Coalmine Road, heading S.
  15. 0.2 miReach Kepke Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  16. 0.2 miSharp left, heading S.
  17. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  18. 100 ftBear right, heading S.
  19. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  20. 100 ftBear right, heading N.
  21. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  22. 200 ftSharp right, heading N.
  23. 450 ftBear right, heading NE.
  24. 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
  25. 0.4 miSharp left, heading E.
  26. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  27. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  28. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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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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