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Legacy Site–Lake Wilderness Arboretum, 5 beaches is a 2.5-mile out-and-back in Green To Cedar Rivers Trail Site near Wilderness, WA. The route passes Lake Wilderness Park Beach, Lake Wilderness Arboretum, Lake Wilderness and 2 more. It is mostly level, with 108 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi476 – 597 ft2.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 47.38031, -122.03927
Nearest town Wilderness, WA

Directions

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Legacy Site–Lake Wilderness Arboretum, 5 beaches

2.5 mi · ▲ 108 ft · 53 min

Elevation 474–596 ft

Out & Back · Green To Cedar Rivers Trail Site

Trailhead: 47.38031, -122.03927

Weather Sep 4: Light drizzle, high 69°F / low 52° · precip 39% · wind 1 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:44 PM

Transit-accessible: Maple Vally - Black Diamond Road Southeast & Southeast 240th Street stop 678 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 50 ftPass Lake Wilderness Park Beach.
  3. 50 ftPass Lake Wilderness Arboretum.
  4. 350 ftSharp right onto Green to Cedar Rivers Trail, heading E.
  5. 500 ftPass Lake Wilderness.
  6. 0.4 miPass Green To Cedar Rivers Trail Site Beach.
  7. 0.2 miPass Legacy Site.
  8. 450 ftBear right, heading SE.
  9. 250 ftTurn left onto Blue Cougar, heading SE.
  10. 450 ftContinue straight onto Legacy Loop, heading E.
  11. 0.1 miTurn left onto Leave It To Beaver, heading E.
  12. 50 ftBear right onto Legacy Loop, heading E.
  13. 150 ftTurn right onto Bear Square, heading NE.
  14. 50 ftSharp left onto Market Trail, heading NE.
  15. 50 ftBear right onto Legacy Loop, heading NE.
  16. 50 ftBear left onto Beware of Dawgs, heading NE.
  17. 50 ftContinue straight onto LFE Alley, heading NE.
  18. 450 ftReach Legacy Site, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  19. 450 ftContinue straight onto Beware of Dawgs, heading NW.
  20. 50 ftBear right onto Legacy Loop, heading N.
  21. 100 ftBear left onto Market Trail, heading N.
  22. 50 ftSharp right onto Bear Square, heading N.
  23. 50 ftTurn left onto Legacy Loop, heading N.
  24. 100 ftBear left onto Leave It To Beaver, heading NW.
  25. 50 ftTurn right onto Legacy Loop, heading NW.
  26. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Blue Cougar, heading SE.
  27. 450 ftTurn right onto Green to Cedar Rivers Trail, heading S.
  28. 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
  29. 0.8 miSharp left, heading NW.
  30. 300 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

71% gravel20% dirt1% paved8% unspecified

Weather

Light drizzleTemperature 69°F52°
Precip39%Wind1 mphUV5Humidity49%
Rained 0.1″ 2 days ago (0.2″ over the last week)
Hourly temperatureRain chance
70°50° 12 AM: 18% rain1 AM: 21% rain2 AM: 23% rain3 AM: 8% rain4 AM: 3% rain5 AM: 3% rain6 AM: 5% rain7 AM: 6% rain8 AM: 3% rain9 AM: 3% rain10 AM: 1% rain11 AM: 1% rain12 PM: 3% rain1 PM: 5% rain2 PM: 10% rain3 PM: 11% rain4 PM: 27% rain5 PM: 25% rain6 PM: 39% rain7 PM: 31% rain8 PM: 17% rain9 PM: 7% rain10 PM: 4% rain11 PM: 2% rain
Sunrise 6:32 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:44 PM
Sat 71°50° 33%
Sun 75°48°
Mon 68°49°
Tue 76°50°
Wed 87°54°
Thu 75°56° 16%

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~6 min). Leave by 7:18 PM for the 7:44 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:05 PM — 11 min before dark.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Maple Vally - Black Diamond Road Southeast & Southeast 240th Street stop 678 m from the trailhead
  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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