Puppy Dog viewpoint & Dog-Augspurger Tie Trail via Augspurger Trail is a 14.5-mile out-and-back near Saint Martins Hot Springs, WA. The route reaches Puppy Dog viewpoint at the turnaround, 7.3 miles in. It climbs 4,723 ft, with sections as steep as 36% grade. It scores 87/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Puppy Dog viewpoint & Dog-Augspurger Tie Trail via Augspurger Trail
14.5 mi · ▲ 4,723 ft · 7 hr 12 min
Elevation 925–2,827 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 45.74432, -121.76366
Weather Sep 4: Light drizzle, high 67°F / low 51° · precip 46% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:41 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.9 miSharp left, heading N.
- 1.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.8 miBear left, heading SE.
- 1.7 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Augspurger Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 1 miContinue straight onto Dog-Augspurger Tie Trail, heading S.
- 0.9 miBear right onto Dog Mountain Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miReach Puppy Dog viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Dog-Augspurger Tie Trail, heading N.
- 0.9 miContinue straight onto Augspurger Trail, heading N.
- 1.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
- 1.7 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 1.3 miSharp right, heading W.
- 0.8 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.8 mi in (~112 min). Leave by 5:29 PM for the 7:41 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:06 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
More from this trailhead
- Augspurger Trail 12.2 mi · ▲ 3,826 ft
- Dog Mountain–Dog Mountain Viewpoint, 3 summits 14.2 mi · ▲ 4,628 ft
- Augspurger Mountain via Augspurger Trail 15.3 mi · ▲ 4,744 ft
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