Monte Carlo via Buck Creek Trail
14 mi · ▲ 4,371 ft · 6 hr 51 min
Monte Carlo via Buck Creek Trail is a 14-mile out-and-back near Husum, WA. The route reaches Monte Carlo at the turnaround, 7 miles in. It climbs 4,371 ft, with sections as steep as 28% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 77/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Monte Carlo via Buck Creek Trail
14 mi · ▲ 4,371 ft · 6 hr 51 min
Elevation 700–4,053 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 45.80359, -121.53586
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:41 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.9 miContinue straight onto B-1200 Road, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Buck Creek Trail, heading N.
- 5.9 miReach Monte Carlo, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 5.9 miTurn left onto B-1200 Road, heading SE.
- 1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 6.6 mi in (~268 min). Leave by 2:53 PM for the 7:41 PM sunset. Back at your car by 10:47 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Buck Creek Falls via Buck Creek Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 213 ft
- Buck Creek Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 1,151 ft
- B-1200 Road 2.6 mi · ▲ 684 ft
- Buck Creek Trail 3.1 mi · ▲ 1,151 ft
- Buck Creek Trail 3.6 mi · ▲ 1,328 ft
- Buck Creek Trail 3.6 mi · ▲ 1,356 ft
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