AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Key Central Forest

Lake Minterwood

4 mi · ▲ 307 ft · 1 hr 29 min

Lake Minterwood is a 4-mile out-and-back in Key Central Forest near Vaughn, WA. The route reaches Lake Minterwood at the turnaround, 2 miles in. It climbs 307 ft. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi98 – 233 ft4.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 47.35433, -122.76394
Nearest town Vaughn, WA
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Lake Minterwood

4 mi · ▲ 307 ft · 1 hr 29 min

Elevation 100–234 ft

Out & Back · Key Central Forest

Trailhead: 47.35433, -122.76394

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:13 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
  3. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
  4. 1 miTurn left, heading S.
  5. 0.3 miReach Lake Minterwood, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  7. 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
  8. 1.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/lake-minterwood-out-back-6-km-a994

Trail surface

38% gravel62% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:57 AMSunset 7:13 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~7 min). Leave by 6:45 PM for the 7:13 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:33 PM — 10 min before dark.

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