McClellan Butte & McClellan Butte Trail via Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail is a 12.9-mile out-and-back in Cedar River Municipal Watershed near Garcia, WA. The route reaches McClellan Butte at the turnaround, 6.5 miles in. It climbs 3,887 ft, with sections as steep as 35% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 27/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi1,644 – 5,154 ft · steepest grade: 35%13.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: National Forest Development Road 9021 47.42193, -121.61807
Nearest town Garcia, WA
Directions
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McClellan Butte & McClellan Butte Trail via Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail
12.9 mi · ▲ 3,887 ft · 6 hr 15 min
Elevation 1,642–5,156 ft
Out & Back · Cedar River Municipal Watershed
Trailhead: National Forest Development Road 9021 · 47.42193, -121.61807
Weather Sep 5: Drizzle, high 63°F / low 49° · precip 56% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:43 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail, heading E.
- 1.9 miContinue straight onto McClellan Butte Trail, heading S.
- 4.3 miReach McClellan Butte, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 4.3 miContinue straight onto Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail, heading NE.
- 1.9 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.3 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
67% dirt29% gravel4% unspecified
Weather
DrizzleTemperature 63°F49°
Precip56%Wind4 mphUV5Humidity50%
Rained 0.1″ 3 days ago (0.5″ over the last week)
Hourly temperatureRain chance
65°45°
Sunrise 6:30 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:43 PM
Sun
66°49°
23%
Mon
59°46°
19%
Tue
71°48°
Wed
75°52°
Thu
62°49°
Fri
64°44°
30%
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 6.4 mi in (~259 min). Leave by 3:03 PM for the 7:43 PM sunset. Back at your car by 10:43 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Other ways to reach this destination
More from National Forest Development Road 9021 Trailhead
- 9021-210 via 9021-110 2.1 mi · ▲ 750 ft
- National Forest Development Road 9021 2.6 mi · ▲ 498 ft
- Change Creek Trail–Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail, 3 sights 4.6 mi · ▲ 944 ft
- Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail 8.3 mi · ▲ 2,728 ft
- 9020-110 via Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail 10.5 mi · ▲ 2,194 ft
- Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail 10.7 mi · ▲ 1,394 ft
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