Lake Youngs
5.8 mi · ▲ 400 ft · 2 hr 8 min
Lake Youngs is a 5.8-mile out-and-back near Fairwood, WA. The route reaches Lake Youngs at the turnaround, 2.7 miles in. It climbs 400 ft and is mostly gravel. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Lake Youngs
5.8 mi · ▲ 400 ft · 2 hr 8 min
Elevation 501–633 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: connector · 47.42478, -122.14381
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:53 AM · sunset 7:12 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Lake Youngs Trail, heading N.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading E.
- 1.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.1 miReach Lake Youngs, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 2.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:52 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:12 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:43 PM.
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