Mineral Creek Connector–No Name Basin Road, 4 sights is a 13.8-mile out-and-back near Kachess Resort, WA. It climbs 3,071 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly gravel. It scores 98/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi2,349 – 4,938 ft · steepest grade: 17%14.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Kachess Ridge Trail 47.40990, -121.20868
Nearest town Kachess Resort, WA
Directions
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Mineral Creek Connector–No Name Basin Road, 4 sights
13.8 mi · ▲ 3,071 ft · 6 hr 8 min
Elevation 2,348–4,937 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Kachess Ridge Trail · 47.40990, -121.20868
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:50 AM · sunset 7:08 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 2.5 miTurn left onto Tumble Creek Road, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Tumble Creek Tie, heading W.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto No Name Basin Road, heading NW.
- 1.1 miBear left, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Cooper Road, heading N.
- 2.4 miBear right onto Mineral Creek Connector, heading NW.
- 0.4 miReach Tumble Creek Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Cooper Road, heading NE.
- 2.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 100 ftBear right onto No Name Basin Road, heading SE.
- 1.1 miContinue straight onto Tumble Creek Tie, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Tumble Creek Road, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 2.4 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
94% gravel6% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 6:50 AMSunset 7:08 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:48 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:08 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:39 PM.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from Kachess Ridge Trail Trailhead
- Cooper Road–No Name Basin Road, 4 sights 12.7 mi · ▲ 2,508 ft
- French Cabin Creek Trail–Kachess Ridge Trail (#1315), 3 sights 15 mi · ▲ 4,676 ft
- No Name Creek Spur Road–Tumble Creek Road, 3 sights 14.8 mi · ▲ 2,809 ft
- Kachess Ridge Trail & Thorp Creek Trail 11.4 mi · ▲ 3,047 ft
- Thorp Mountain & Kachess Ridge Trail 8.4 mi · ▲ 2,201 ft
- Tumble Creek Road & Tumble Creek Tie via No Name Basin Road 10.1 mi · ▲ 2,295 ft
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