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Raging River State Forest

Rattlesnake Mountain Trail

6.5 mi · ▲ 1,563 ft · 2 hr 57 min

Rattlesnake Mountain Trail is a 6.5-mile out-and-back in Raging River State Forest near Upper Preston, WA. It climbs 1,563 ft, with sections as steep as 33% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi1,043 – 1,831 ft · steepest grade: 33%6.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 47.50463, -121.86933
Nearest town Upper Preston, WA
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Rattlesnake Mountain Trail

6.5 mi · ▲ 1,563 ft · 2 hr 57 min

Elevation 1,044–1,832 ft

Out & Back · Raging River State Forest

Trailhead: 47.50463, -121.86933

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:52 AM · sunset 7:11 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.6 miTurn left, heading NE.
  3. 0.3 miSharp left, heading W.
  4. 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
  5. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  6. 150 ftBear right, heading E.
  7. 1 miBear right, heading NE.
  8. 100 ftBear right onto Rattlesnake Mountain Trail, heading NE.
  9. 1 miTurn right, heading E.
  10. 0.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  11. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  12. 1 miBear left, heading E.
  13. 100 ftBear left, heading E.
  14. 1 miBear left, heading W.
  15. 150 ftBear left, heading W.
  16. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  17. 0.1 miSharp right, heading W.
  18. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
  19. 0.6 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/rattlesnake-mountain-trail-out-back-10-km-d7de

Trail surface

65% dirt3% gravel32% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:52 AMSunset 7:11 PM

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