AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Point Defiance Park

Inside Loop Trail (Yellow) & Owen Beach

2.8 mi · ▲ 294 ft · 1 hr 5 min

Inside Loop Trail (Yellow) & Owen Beach is a 2.8-mile out-and-back in Point Defiance Park near Fort Nisqually, WA. It climbs 294 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 15/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi7 – 305 ft · steepest grade: 19%3.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 47.30254, -122.53113
Nearest town Fort Nisqually, WA
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Inside Loop Trail (Yellow) & Owen Beach

2.8 mi · ▲ 294 ft · 1 hr 5 min

Elevation 6–304 ft

Out & Back · Point Defiance Park

Trailhead: 47.30254, -122.53113

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:53 AM · sunset 8:41 PM

Toilets at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  3. 0.1 miTurn left onto Outer Loop (Blue), heading NW.
  4. 400 ftTurn right, heading W.
  5. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Five Mile Drive, heading NW.
  6. 150 ftContinue straight onto Inside Loop Trail (Yellow), heading NW.
  7. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  8. 0.4 miBear left onto Five Mile Drive, heading N.
  9. 0.1 miBear right onto Path to Owen Beach, heading NE.
  10. 0.2 miTurn left onto Owen Beach, heading N.
  11. 100 ftReach Inside Loop Trail (Yellow), then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 150 ftTurn right onto Path to Owen Beach, heading NW.
  13. 0.2 miBear left onto Five Mile Drive, heading N.
  14. 0.1 miBear right onto Inside Loop Trail (Yellow), heading SW.
  15. 0.3 miBear right, heading E.
  16. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Five Mile Drive, heading S.
  17. 150 ftContinue straight onto Outer Loop (Blue), heading S.
  18. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
  19. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
  20. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/mountaineer-tree-out-back-5-km

Trail surface

70% dirt10% paved2% sand18% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:53 AMSunset 8:41 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead

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