Table Mountain Natural Resources Conservation Area
Kidney Lake & Butlers Pond via Blue Lake Road
2.6 mi · ▲ 557 ft · 1 hr 9 min
Kidney Lake & Butlers Pond via Blue Lake Road is a 2.6-mile out-and-back in Table Mountain Natural Resources Conservation Area near Moffetts Hot Springs, WA. The route passes Butlers Pond before reaching Kidney Lake at the turnaround, 1.3 miles in. It climbs 557 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade. It scores 62/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Kidney Lake & Butlers Pond via Blue Lake Road
2.6 mi · ▲ 557 ft · 1 hr 9 min
Elevation 100–578 ft
Out & Back · Table Mountain Natural Resources Conservation Area
Trailhead: Blue Lake Road · 45.67788, -121.93892
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 73°F / low 51° · precip 25% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:42 PM
- Start on Blue Lake Road, heading W.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miPass Butlers Pond.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftReach Kidney Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.9 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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