Big Beef Creek Wildlife Area

Hintzville Beaver Ponds via Lost Highway West

10.3 mi · ▲ 407 ft · 3 hr 38 min

Hintzville Beaver Ponds via Lost Highway West is a 10.3-mile out-and-back in Big Beef Creek Wildlife Area near Holly, WA. The route reaches Hintzville Beaver Ponds at the turnaround, 5.2 miles in. It climbs 407 ft. It scores 79/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi518 – 643 ft10.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 47.52175, -122.94093
Nearest town Holly, WA

Directions

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Hintzville Beaver Ponds via Lost Highway West

10.3 mi · ▲ 407 ft · 3 hr 38 min

Elevation 517–642 ft

Out & Back · Big Beef Creek Wildlife Area

Trailhead: 47.52175, -122.94093

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:54 AM · sunset 8:43 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 1.8 miTurn right, heading SW.
  3. 0.6 miSharp left, heading NE.
  4. 0.8 miBear left onto Lost Highway West, heading NE.
  5. 1.7 miTurn left, heading NW.
  6. 0.3 miReach Hintzville Beaver Ponds, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 2 miBear right, heading SW.
  8. 0.8 miSharp right, heading SW.
  9. 0.6 miTurn left, heading NE.
  10. 1.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

50% dirt3% gravel47% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:54 AMSunset 8:43 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.9 mi in (~76 min). Leave by 7:07 PM for the 8:43 PM sunset. Back at your car by 10:11 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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