Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness

Rainy Lake via Dead Point Road

4.5 mi · ▲ 676 ft · 1 hr 50 min

Rainy Lake via Dead Point Road is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness near Home Valley, WA. The route reaches Rainy Lake. It climbs 676 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 94/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi3,816 – 4,413 ft · steepest grade: 18%4.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Dead Point Road 45.63629, -121.74258
Nearest town Home Valley, WA

Directions

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Rainy Lake via Dead Point Road

4.5 mi · ▲ 676 ft · 1 hr 50 min

Elevation 3,815–4,414 ft

Out & Back · Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness

Trailhead: Dead Point Road · 45.63629, -121.74258

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:41 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Dead Point Road, heading SW.
  2. 1.1 miBear right onto Rainy-Wahtum Trail #409, heading SW.
  3. 450 ftPass Rainy Lake.
  4. 1.1 miContinue straight onto Gorton Creek Trail #408, heading N.
  5. 50 ftReach Rainy Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 50 ftContinue straight onto Rainy-Wahtum Trail #409, heading SW.
  7. 1.2 miBear left onto Dead Point Road, heading N.
  8. 1.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:41 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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