Change Creek Trail–Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail, 3 sights

4.6 mi · ▲ 944 ft · 2 hr

Change Creek Trail–Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail, 3 sights is a 4.6-mile out-and-back near Garcia, WA. It climbs 944 ft, with sections as steep as 35% grade, and is mostly gravel. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi1,319 – 1,910 ft · steepest grade: 35%4.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: National Forest Development Road 9021 47.42193, -121.61807
Nearest town Garcia, WA

Directions

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Change Creek Trail–Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail, 3 sights

4.6 mi · ▲ 944 ft · 2 hr

Elevation 1,319–1,909 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: National Forest Development Road 9021 · 47.42193, -121.61807

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:43 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.3 miTurn left onto Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail, heading W.
  3. 1.9 miContinue straight onto Zig Zag Trail, heading NW.
  4. 50 ftContinue straight onto Hall Creek Trail, heading N.
  5. 50 ftBear right onto Hall Creek Trestle, heading N.
  6. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Change Creek Trail, heading NW.
  7. 50 ftReach Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 100 ftContinue straight onto Hall Creek Trestle, heading NW.
  9. 0.1 miBear left onto Hall Creek Trail, heading S.
  10. 50 ftContinue straight onto Zig Zag Trail, heading S.
  11. 50 ftContinue straight onto Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail, heading S.
  12. 1.9 miTurn right, heading E.
  13. 0.2 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

86% gravel2% dirt12% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:43 PM

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