Table Mountain Viewpoint–Greenleaf Pond, 8 sights is a 14.8-mile out-and-back in Table Mountain Natural Resources Conservation Area near Fort Rains, WA. The route passes Gillette Lake and Greenleaf Pond before reaching Table Mountain Viewpoint at the turnaround, 7.4 miles in. It climbs 4,358 ft, with sections as steep as 39% grade. It scores 57/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi105 – 3,393 ft · steepest grade: 39%15.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Tamanous Trail #27 45.64999, -121.93377
Nearest town Fort Rains, WA
Directions
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Table Mountain Viewpoint–Greenleaf Pond, 8 sights
14.8 mi · ▲ 4,358 ft · 7 hr 7 min
Elevation 105–3,394 ft
Out & Back · Table Mountain Natural Resources Conservation Area
Trailhead: Tamanous Trail #27 · 45.64999, -121.93377
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:38 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Tamanous Trail #27, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading NW.
- 1.7 miPass Gillette Lake.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.4 miPass Greenleaf Pond.
- 2.2 miContinue straight onto Aldrich-PCT Bypass Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Heartbreak Ridge Trail, heading N.
- 1.2 miBear right onto Table Mountain Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miReach Table Mountain Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Heartbreak Ridge Trail, heading E.
- 1.2 miTurn left onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
- 500 ftTurn right onto Aldrich-PCT Bypass Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading E.
- 4.8 miTurn right onto Tamanous Trail #27, heading SE.
- 0.5 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
35% dirt65% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:38 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 7.1 mi in (~277 min). Leave by 2:41 PM for the 7:38 PM sunset. Back at your car by 10:57 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Tamanous Trail #27 Trailhead
- Gillette Lake & Tamanous Trail #27 via Pacific Crest Trail 4.6 mi · ▲ 633 ft
- Kidney Lake–Gillette Lake, 5 lakes 6.3 mi · ▲ 1,113 ft
- Aldrich Butte–Greenleaf Pond, 7 sights 11.3 mi · ▲ 2,065 ft
- Cedar Falls–Greenleaf Pond, 7 sights 11.5 mi · ▲ 2,030 ft
- Greenleaf Pond–Gillette Lake, 7 sights 12.4 mi · ▲ 2,338 ft
- Table Mountain–West Table Mountain Viewpoint, 7 sights 14.7 mi · ▲ 3,994 ft
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