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Point Defiance Park

Owen Beach & Outer Loop (Blue)

2 mi · ▲ 138 ft · 44 min

Owen Beach & Outer Loop (Blue) is a 2-mile out-and-back in Point Defiance Park near Fort Nisqually, WA. The route passes Owen Beach and Owen Beach. It is mostly level, with 138 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi108 – 246 ft2.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 47.30182, -122.52617
Nearest town Fort Nisqually, WA
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Owen Beach & Outer Loop (Blue)

2 mi · ▲ 138 ft · 44 min

Elevation 108–247 ft

Out & Back · Point Defiance Park

Trailhead: 47.30182, -122.52617

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

Transit-accessible: Pearl Street & Park Way stop 791 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 0.1 miTurn left onto Outer Loop (Blue), heading NW.
  3. 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
  4. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Inside Loop Trail (Yellow), heading NW.
  5. 150 ftBear right, heading NW.
  6. 450 ftContinue straight onto Wilderness Cut Off 1, heading N.
  7. 250 ftBear left onto Five Mile Drive, heading N.
  8. 450 ftPass Owen Beach.
  9. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  10. 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
  11. 0.1 miTurn right onto Spine Trail (Light Blue), heading NW.
  12. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
  13. 0.3 miPass Owen Beach.
  14. 50 ftTurn right onto Outside Loop Trail (Blue), heading E.
  15. 0.2 miTurn right onto Outer Loop (Blue), heading S.
  16. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  17. 450 ftTurn right, heading S.
  18. 0.1 miArrive 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/owen-beach-owen-beach-out-back-3-beaches-3-km-03c5

Trail surface

95% dirt5% paved

Weather

Sunrise 5:53 AMSunset 8:41 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Pearl Street & Park Way stop 791 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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