Old Fort Lake & Sequalitchew Canyon Trail
4.3 mi · ▲ 352 ft · 1 hr 37 min
Old Fort Lake & Sequalitchew Canyon Trail is a 4.3-mile out-and-back near DuPont, WA. The route reaches Old Fort Lake. It climbs 352 ft, with sections as steep as 32% grade. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Old Fort Lake & Sequalitchew Canyon Trail
4.3 mi · ▲ 352 ft · 1 hr 37 min
Elevation 19–221 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 47.10459, -122.66382
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:54 AM · sunset 8:41 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 50 ftPass Old Fort Lake.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Sequalitchew Canyon Trail, heading E.
- 1 miReach Old Fort Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftArrive 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 0.3 mi in (~6 min). Leave by 8:14 PM for the 8:41 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:02 PM — 14 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from this trailhead
- Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge Viewpoint & Old Fort Lake Loop 1.9 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge Viewpoint Loop 1.9 mi · ▲ 53 ft
- Sequalitchew Canyon Trail 4.2 mi · ▲ 352 ft
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