Morning Star Natural Resources Conservation Area
Reflection Ponds–Boulder Lake, 6 sights
13.3 mi · ▲ 2,658 ft · 5 hr 46 min
Reflection Ponds–Boulder Lake, 6 sights is a 13.3-mile out-and-back in Morning Star Natural Resources Conservation Area near Silverton, WA. The route passes Spada Lake and Reflection Ponds before reaching Boulder Lake at the turnaround, 6.6 miles in. It climbs 2,658 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 94/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Reflection Ponds–Boulder Lake, 6 sights
13.3 mi · ▲ 2,658 ft · 5 hr 46 min
Elevation 1,464–3,715 ft
Out & Back · Morning Star Natural Resources Conservation Area
Trailhead: Greider/Boulder Lakes Trailhead · 47.97362, -121.61367
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:47 AM · sunset 8:39 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Greider/Boulder Lakes Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftPass Spada Lake.
- 2 miPass Reflection Ponds.
- 300 ftBear right onto Greider Lakes Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Greider/Boulder Lakes Trail, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Boulder Lake Trail, heading E.
- 4.5 miPass Boulder Lake.
- 450 ftReach Reflection Ponds, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 4.6 miTurn left onto Greider/Boulder Lakes Trail, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Greider Lakes Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left onto Greider/Boulder Lakes Trail, heading W.
- 1.9 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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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from Greider/Boulder Lakes Trailhead Trailhead
- Spada Lake–Greider/Boulder Lakes Viewpoint, 3 sights 2.3 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Reflection Ponds–Spada Lake, 4 sights 4.2 mi · ▲ 291 ft
- Greider Lakes Viewpoint–Big Greider Lake, 6 lakes 8.3 mi · ▲ 1,716 ft
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