Meigs Park Viewpoint–Winter Pond, 3 sights
5.2 mi · ▲ 776 ft · 2 hr 7 min
Meigs Park Viewpoint–Winter Pond, 3 sights is a 5.2-mile out-and-back in Grand Forest West near Venice, WA. The route passes Winter Pond before reaching Meigs Park Viewpoint at the turnaround, 2.6 miles in. It climbs 776 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Meigs Park Viewpoint–Winter Pond, 3 sights
5.2 mi · ▲ 776 ft · 2 hr 7 min
Elevation 24–355 ft
Out & Back · Grand Forest West
Trailhead: 47.66116, -122.58036
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:52 AM · sunset 8:42 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftPass Winter Pond.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 350 ftBear left, heading E.
- 300 ftTurn right onto Forest to Sky Trail, heading S.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 150 ftBear right onto Trillium Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Hilltop Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Main Loop Trail, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto McRedmond Trail, heading E.
- 0.8 miBear left, heading E.
- 350 ftReach Meigs Park Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 350 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Main Loop Trail, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Hilltop Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Trillium Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Forest to Sky Trail, heading W.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading N.
- 250 ftBear right, heading N.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 450 ftBear left, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Dogs allowed on leash
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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