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.
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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
- Start on Mad Dawg Trail, heading SE.
- 200 ftSharp left, heading NW.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Jewett Creek Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 1 miBear left, heading SE.
- 2.1 miBear right, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 450 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Coyote Cliffs Trail, heading SE.
- 3.3 miReach Locke Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 3.3 miBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading NW.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 100 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 2.1 miBear right, heading SW.
- 1 miTurn left onto Jewett Creek Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto Mad Dawg Trail, heading NW.
- 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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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.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Mad Dawg Trail Trailhead
- Jewett Creek Trail 7.2 mi · ▲ 1,663 ft
- Courtney Viewpoint & Burdoin Overlook Trail 9.4 mi · ▲ 2,722 ft
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