AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Key Central Forest

Lake Minterwood

4 mi · ▲ 188 ft · 1 hr 26 min

Lake Minterwood is a 4-mile out-and-back in Key Central Forest near Sunshine Beach, WA. The route reaches Lake Minterwood at the turnaround, 2 miles in. It is mostly level, with 188 ft of elevation gain. It scores 5/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi128 – 233 ft4.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 47.36744, -122.74256
Nearest town Sunshine Beach, WA
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Lake Minterwood

4 mi · ▲ 188 ft · 1 hr 26 min

Elevation 130–232 ft

Out & Back · Key Central Forest

Trailhead: 47.36744, -122.74256

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:54 AM · sunset 8:42 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 1 miSharp left, heading SE.
  3. 0.7 miTurn left, heading S.
  4. 0.3 miReach Lake Minterwood, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  6. 0.7 miSharp right, heading W.
  7. 1 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/lake-minterwood-out-back-6-km-53f2

Trail surface

27% gravel22% dirt51% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:54 AMSunset 8:42 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.4 mi in (~11 min). Leave by 8:11 PM for the 8:42 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:08 PM — 10 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint

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