Sunrise Point–Palisades Lake Viewpoint, 5 lakes is a 3-mile out-and-back near Sunrise, WA. The route passes Sunrise Point, Palisades Lake Viewpoint, Sunrise Lake and Sunrise Lake before reaching Clover Lake at the turnaround, 1.4 miles in. It climbs 751 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 81/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi5,611 – 6,135 ft · steepest grade: 23%3.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Palisades Lakes Trailhead 46.91762, -121.58783
Nearest town Sunrise, WA
Directions
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Sunrise Point–Palisades Lake Viewpoint, 5 lakes
3 mi · ▲ 751 ft · 1 hr 23 min
Elevation 5,609–6,135 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Palisades Lakes Trailhead · 46.91762, -121.58783
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:51 AM · sunset 7:10 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Palisades Lake Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftPass Sunrise Point.
- 50 ftPass Palisades Lake Viewpoint.
- 50 ftPass Sunrise Lake.
- 0.5 miPass Sunrise Lake.
- 1 miPass Clover Lake.
- 100 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 300 ftReach Sunrise Point, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.5 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
96% dirt4% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:51 AMSunset 7:10 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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