Pacific Crest Trail
13.8 mi · ▲ 3,408 ft · 6 hr 18 min
Pacific Crest Trail is a 13.8-mile out-and-back near Martin, WA. It climbs 3,408 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 89/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Pacific Crest Trail
13.8 mi · ▲ 3,408 ft · 6 hr 18 min
Elevation 3,419–4,755 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 47.27242, -121.32782
Weather Sep 20: Clear, high 74°F / low 56° · precip 1% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:50 AM · sunset 7:09 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto 4100-154, heading S.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading S.
- 4.7 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.9 miSharp right, heading E.
- 0.5 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading NW.
- 4.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.9 miBear right onto National Forest Development Road 154, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.3 miArrive 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 1.7 mi in (~68 min). Leave by 5:41 PM for the 7:09 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:07 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
Other ways to reach this destination
- 1.9 mi · out & back · via Pacific Crest Trail
- 1.9 mi · out & back · via Pacific Crest Trail
- 1.9 mi · out & back · via Pacific Crest Trail
- 2.1 mi · out & back · via Pacific Crest Trail
- 2.3 mi · out & back · via Pacific Crest Trail
- 2.6 mi · out & back · via Pacific Crest Trail
- 2.8 mi · out & back · via Pacific Crest Trail
- 2.9 mi · out & back · via Pacific Crest Trail
More from this trailhead
- Pacific Crest Trail 14.2 mi · ▲ 2,683 ft
- Meadow Pass & Stirrup Lake Trail via Pacific Crest Trail 15 mi · ▲ 2,566 ft
- Forest Road 5484 via Pacific Crest Trail 14.5 mi · ▲ 2,775 ft
- Pacific Crest Trail 11.3 mi · ▲ 2,378 ft
- 5484-114 & Forest Road 5080 via Pacific Crest Trail 13.9 mi · ▲ 2,748 ft
- National Forest Development Road 5484 via Pacific Crest Trail 13.8 mi · ▲ 2,961 ft
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