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Eight-Mile Creek Trail & Squire Creek Trail is a 15.1-mile out-and-back in Boulder River Wilderness near Darrington, WA. It climbs 5,745 ft, with sections as steep as 38% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 94/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi1,175 – 4,095 ft · steepest grade: 38%15.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Squire Creek Road 48.22053, -121.62601
Nearest town Darrington, WA

Directions

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Eight-Mile Creek Trail & Squire Creek Trail

15.1 mi · ▲ 5,745 ft · 7 hr 54 min

Elevation 1,175–4,095 ft

Out & Back · Boulder River Wilderness

Trailhead: Squire Creek Road · 48.22053, -121.62601

Weather Sep 4: Light rain, high 66°F / low 49° · precip 42% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:44 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Squire Creek Trail, heading SE.
  2. 7.6 miReach Squire Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  3. 7.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Light rainTemperature 66°F49°
Precip42%Wind5 mphUV6Humidity64%
Rained 0.1″ 2 days ago
Hourly temperatureRain chance
70°45° 12 AM: 14% rain1 AM: 10% rain2 AM: 6% rain3 AM: 11% rain4 AM: 12% rain5 AM: 9% rain6 AM: 16% rain7 AM: 13% rain8 AM: 15% rain9 AM: 20% rain10 AM: 15% rain11 AM: 6% rain12 PM: 3% rain1 PM: 7% rain2 PM: 10% rain3 PM: 21% rain4 PM: 21% rain5 PM: 42% rain6 PM: 23% rain7 PM: 25% rain8 PM: 18% rain9 PM: 15% rain10 PM: 14% rain11 PM: 11% rain
Sunrise 6:29 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:44 PM
Sat 69°52° 49%
Sun 74°53°
Mon 70°49° 15%
Tue 76°50°
Wed 86°56°
Thu 73°58° 19%

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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