Nick Eaton Trail #447 Viewpoint–Black Lake, 7 sights
12.4 mi · ▲ 2,952 ft · 5 hr 37 min
Nick Eaton Trail #447 Viewpoint–Black Lake, 7 sights is a 12.4-mile out-and-back in Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness near Home Valley, WA. The route passes Black Lake and Rainy Lake before reaching Nick Eaton Trail #447 Viewpoint at the turnaround, 6.2 miles in. It climbs 2,952 ft, with sections as steep as 41% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 90/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Nick Eaton Trail #447 Viewpoint–Black Lake, 7 sights
12.4 mi · ▲ 2,952 ft · 5 hr 37 min
Elevation 2,953–4,609 ft
Out & Back · Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness
Trailhead: Dead Point Road · 45.61510, -121.75978
Weather Sep 4: Light drizzle, high 52°F / low 41° · precip 53% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:41 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Dead Point Road, heading NW.
- 50 ftPass Black Lake.
- 0.9 miSharp left onto Rainy-Wahtum Trail #409, heading SW.
- 450 ftTurn right onto Rainy Lake Trail #423A, heading NW.
- 50 ftPass Rainy Lake.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto North Lake Trail #423, heading W.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto Gorton Creek Trail #408, heading N.
- 2 miBear left onto Nick Eaton Trail #447, heading W.
- 2.2 miSharp right, heading W.
- 250 ftReach Nick Eaton Trail #447 Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2.2 miBear right onto Gorton Creek Trail #408, heading E.
- 2 miSharp left onto North Lake Trail #423, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Rainy Lake Trail #423A, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Rainy-Wahtum Trail #409, heading S.
- 450 ftSharp right onto Dead Point Road, heading NE.
- 0.9 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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