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Locke Lake & Coyote Cliffs Trail is a 15-mile out-and-back near White Salmon, WA. The route reaches Locke Lake at the turnaround, 7.5 miles in. It climbs 3,453 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade. It scores 38/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi98 – 1,906 ft · steepest grade: 20%15.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Mad Dawg Trail 45.72934, -121.47894
Nearest town White Salmon, WA

Directions

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Locke Lake & Coyote Cliffs Trail

15 mi · ▲ 3,453 ft · 6 hr 44 min

Elevation 99–1,905 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Mad Dawg Trail · 45.72934, -121.47894

Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 71°F / low 52° · precip 16% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:38 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Mad Dawg Trail, heading SE.
  2. 200 ftSharp left, heading NW.
  3. 350 ftContinue straight onto Jewett Creek Trail, heading N.
  4. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
  5. 1 miBear left, heading SE.
  6. 2.1 miBear right, heading E.
  7. 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
  8. 450 ftBear right, heading E.
  9. 0.6 miBear right, heading SE.
  10. 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
  11. 250 ftContinue straight onto Coyote Cliffs Trail, heading SE.
  12. 3.3 miReach Locke Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 3.3 miBear right, heading SW.
  14. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  15. 0.6 miBear left, heading NW.
  16. 500 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  17. 100 ftBear left, heading NW.
  18. 2.1 miBear right, heading SW.
  19. 1 miTurn left onto Jewett Creek Trail, heading W.
  20. 0.4 miSharp right onto Mad Dawg Trail, heading NW.
  21. 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 surface

44% dirt56% unspecified

Weather

OvercastTemperature 71°F52°
Precip16%Wind3 mphUV6Humidity61%
Rained 0.1″ 3 days ago
Hourly temperatureRain chance
75°50° 12 AM: 4% rain1 AM: 6% rain2 AM: 3% rain3 AM: 2% rain4 AM: 10% rain5 AM: 11% rain6 AM: 16% rain7 AM: 15% rain8 AM: 16% rain9 AM: 13% rain10 AM: 6% rain11 AM: 6% rain12 PM: 7% rain1 PM: 7% rain2 PM: 10% rain3 PM: 11% rain4 PM: 15% rain5 PM: 15% rain6 PM: 15% rain7 PM: 7% rain8 PM: 1% rain9 PM: 1% rain10 PM: 1% rain11 PM: 1% rain
Sunrise 6:33 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:38 PM
Sun 61°55° 57%
Mon 71°51°
Tue 82°48°
Wed 91°52°
Thu 82°51°
Fri 80°45°

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.1 mi in (~113 min). Leave by 5:26 PM for the 7:38 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:14 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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