Surveyors Lake–Rockdale Lake, 4 sights is a 9.4-mile out-and-back near Rockdale, WA. The route passes Rockdale Lake and Surveyors Lake. It climbs 2,299 ft, with sections as steep as 31% grade. It scores 10/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi1,873 – 4,111 ft · steepest grade: 31%9.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 47.39496, -121.46938
Nearest town Rockdale, WA
Directions
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Surveyors Lake–Rockdale Lake, 4 sights
9.4 mi · ▲ 2,299 ft · 4 hr 17 min
Elevation 1,872–4,112 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 47.39496, -121.46938
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:51 AM · sunset 7:10 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Annette Lake Trail, heading SW.
- 0.9 miSharp left onto Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail, heading S.
- 1 miBear right onto Cascade Crest Connector, heading E.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto 9070-115, heading S.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto 9070-110, heading E.
- 0.5 miPass Rockdale Lake.
- 250 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading E.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.5 miPass Surveyors Lake.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.3 miReach Surveyors Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear right onto 9070-115, heading W.
- 0.5 miSharp right onto Cascade Crest Connector, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail, heading SW.
- 1 miSharp right onto Annette Lake Trail, heading S.
- 0.9 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
33% dirt21% gravel46% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:51 AMSunset 7:10 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 4.6 mi in (~178 min). Leave by 3:52 PM for the 7:10 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:17 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail 5.7 mi · ▲ 667 ft
- Rockdale Lake–9070-110, 4 sights 12.7 mi · ▲ 2,997 ft
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