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Saltwater State Park Beach & South Rim Trail is a 1.9-mile out-and-back in Saltwater State Park near Zenith, WA. The route reaches Saltwater State Park Beach. It climbs 261 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi20 – 131 ft · steepest grade: 20%2.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: North Rim Trail 47.37528, -122.32204
Nearest town Zenith, WA

Directions

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Saltwater State Park Beach & South Rim Trail

1.9 mi · ▲ 261 ft · 46 min

Elevation 19–132 ft

Out & Back · Saltwater State Park

Trailhead: North Rim Trail · 47.37528, -122.32204

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:52 AM · sunset 8:40 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 50 ftTurn right onto North Rim Trail, heading E.
  3. 50 ftPass Saltwater State Park Beach.
  4. 0.4 miTurn right onto South Rim Trail, heading S.
  5. 0.6 miReach Saltwater State Park Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.6 miTurn left onto North Rim Trail, heading NE.
  7. 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
  8. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

92% dirt1% paved7% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:52 AMSunset 8:40 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead