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Green To Cedar Rivers Trail Site

Legacy Site–Lake Wilderness Arboretum, 5 beaches

2.7 mi · ▲ 108 ft · 57 min

Legacy Site–Lake Wilderness Arboretum, 5 beaches is a 2.7-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 – 594 ft3.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 47.38082, -122.04688
Nearest town Wilderness, WA
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Legacy Site–Lake Wilderness Arboretum, 5 beaches

2.7 mi · ▲ 108 ft · 57 min

Elevation 477–595 ft

Out & Back · Green To Cedar Rivers Trail Site

Trailhead: 47.38082, -122.04688

Weather Sep 4: Light drizzle, high 70°F / low 52° · precip 37% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:44 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  3. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  4. 100 ftContinue straight onto Green to Cedar Rivers Trail, heading E.
  5. 0.1 miPass Lake Wilderness Park Beach.
  6. 50 ftPass Lake Wilderness Arboretum.
  7. 0.2 miPass Lake Wilderness.
  8. 0.4 miPass Green To Cedar Rivers Trail Site Beach.
  9. 0.2 miPass Legacy Site.
  10. 450 ftBear right, heading S.
  11. 250 ftTurn left onto Blue Cougar, heading SE.
  12. 450 ftContinue straight onto Legacy Loop, heading E.
  13. 0.1 miSharp right onto Leave It To Beaver, heading SE.
  14. 300 ftTurn left onto Tahomie Gnomie, heading E.
  15. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  16. 100 ftReach Legacy Site, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  17. 150 ftTurn right onto Leave It To Beaver, heading NE.
  18. 250 ftSharp left onto Legacy Loop, heading SE.
  19. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Blue Cougar, heading E.
  20. 450 ftTurn right onto Green to Cedar Rivers Trail, heading NW.
  21. 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  22. 1.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  23. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  24. 50 ftArrive 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/legacy-site-lake-wilderness-arboretum-out-back-6-beaches-3-km-2d07

Trail surface

77% gravel21% dirt1% paved1% unspecified

Weather

Light drizzleTemperature 70°F52°
Precip37%Wind4 mphUV5Humidity59%
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: 24% rain3 AM: 8% rain4 AM: 3% rain5 AM: 3% rain6 AM: 5% rain7 AM: 7% rain8 AM: 3% rain9 AM: 3% rain10 AM: 1% rain11 AM: 1% rain12 PM: 3% rain1 PM: 4% rain2 PM: 9% rain3 PM: 11% rain4 PM: 25% rain5 PM: 23% rain6 PM: 37% rain7 PM: 28% rain8 PM: 15% rain9 PM: 9% rain10 PM: 6% rain11 PM: 4% rain
Sunrise 6:32 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:44 PM
Sat 70°51° 31%
Sun 72°49°
Mon 68°49°
Tue 77°50°
Wed 87°54°
Thu 75°56°

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.5 mi in (~13 min). Leave by 7:12 PM for the 7:44 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:11 PM — 5 min before dark.

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