Spectacle Lake–Park Lakes, 5 sights
14.8 mi · ▲ 4,220 ft · 7 hr 3 min
Spectacle Lake–Park Lakes, 5 sights is a 14.8-mile out-and-back near Kachess Resort, WA. The route passes Park Lakes before reaching Spectacle Lake at the turnaround, 7.4 miles in. It climbs 4,220 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 96/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Spectacle Lake–Park Lakes, 5 sights
14.8 mi · ▲ 4,220 ft · 7 hr 3 min
Elevation 2,348–5,346 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Cooper Road · 47.41758, -121.23828
Weather Sep 4: Light rain, high 61°F / low 46° · precip 33% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:41 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Mineral Creek Connector, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Mineral Creek Trail, heading N.
- 3.8 miPass Park Lakes.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading E.
- 2.5 miContinue straight onto Spectacle Lake Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftReach Spectacle Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading S.
- 2.5 miTurn left onto Mineral Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 4.3 miTurn left onto Mineral Creek Connector, heading S.
- 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Cooper Road Trailhead
- Cooper Road 4.9 mi · ▲ 1,078 ft
- Cooper Pass via Cooper Road 5.4 mi · ▲ 1,172 ft
- No Name Basin Road–Tumble Creek Road, 3 sights 13 mi · ▲ 2,863 ft
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