AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Rainy Lake & Rainy Lake Trail

7 mi · ▲ 2,959 ft · 3 hr 49 min

Rainy Lake & Rainy Lake Trail is a 7-mile out-and-back near Garcia, WA. The route reaches Rainy Lake at the turnaround, 3.5 miles in. It climbs 2,959 ft, with sections as steep as 47% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 89/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi1,014 – 3,908 ft · steepest grade: 47%7.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Middle Fork Trailhead 47.54797, -121.53689
Nearest town Garcia, WA · Official trailhead info (fs.usda.gov)
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Rainy Lake & Rainy Lake Trail

7 mi · ▲ 2,959 ft · 3 hr 49 min

Elevation 1,014–3,907 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Middle Fork Trailhead · 47.54797, -121.53689

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:51 AM · sunset 7:10 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Middle Fork Trail, heading SW.
  2. 350 ftTurn right onto Pratt River Trail, heading W.
  3. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Rainy Lake Trail, heading SE.
  4. 3 miReach Rainy Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 3 miContinue straight onto Pratt River Trail, heading NW.
  6. 0.4 miTurn left onto Middle Fork Trail, heading E.
  7. 300 ftArrive 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/rainy-lake-out-back-11-km-0f1e

Trail surface

99% dirt1% boardwalk

Weather

Sunrise 6:51 AMSunset 7:10 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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