Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness Viewpoint–Adult Fish Holding Ponds, 9 lakes is an 8.5-mile out-and-back in John B. Yeon State Scenic Corridor near Fort Rains, WA. The route passes Battery "B" Rearing Ponds, Trout, Adult Fish Holding Ponds and 4 more. It climbs 2,285 ft, with sections as steep as 47% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi46 – 804 ft · steepest grade: 47%8.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Gorge Trail #400 45.64015, -121.92411
Nearest town Fort Rains, WA
Directions
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Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness Viewpoint–Adult Fish Holding Ponds, 9 lakes
8.5 mi · ▲ 2,285 ft · 3 hr 59 min
Elevation 45–804 ft
Out & Back · John B. Yeon State Scenic Corridor
Trailhead: Gorge Trail #400 · 45.64015, -121.92411
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:42 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Gorge Trail #400, heading S.
- 1.1 miSharp right onto portage road connector, heading NE.
- 450 ftSharp left onto old portage road, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Historic Columbia River Highway State Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miPass Battery "B" Rearing Ponds.
- 50 ftPass Trout.
- 50 ftPass Adult Fish Holding Ponds.
- 50 ftPass Sturgeon.
- 350 ftPass Battery "D" Rearing Pond.
- 50 ftPass Adult Ponds.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Gorge Trail #400, heading SW.
- 1.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.4 miReach Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Historic Columbia River Highway State Trail, heading SE.
- 1.5 miContinue straight onto Gorge Trail #400, heading SE.
- 1.5 miContinue straight onto Forest Road 8400-777, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Gorge Trail #400, heading NE.
- 0.9 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
70% dirt29% paved1% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:42 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Gorge Trail #400 Trailhead
- Lower Ruckel Creek Falls via Historic Columbia River Highway State Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 290 ft
- Adult Fish Holding Ponds–Adult Ponds, 8 lakes 4.5 mi · ▲ 1,221 ft
- Upper Munra Falls & Gorge Trail #400 via Forest Road 8400-777 4.7 mi · ▲ 1,325 ft
- Lower Ruckel Creek Falls–Buck Point Trail #439, 4 sights 8.6 mi · ▲ 4,012 ft
- Munra Point–Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness Viewpoint, 10 lakes 8.8 mi · ▲ 3,349 ft
- Dry Creek Falls–Lower Ruckel Creek Falls, 4 sights 9 mi · ▲ 1,499 ft
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