Tolt Hill–Tolt-MacDonald Park Beach, 6 sights is a 5.1-mile out-and-back in Tolt-MacDonald Park near Carnation, WA. The route passes Tolt-MacDonald Park Beach and Tolt Hill. It climbs 979 ft, with sections as steep as 26% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Tolt Hill–Tolt-MacDonald Park Beach, 6 sights
5.1 mi · ▲ 979 ft · 2 hr 11 min
Elevation 73–535 ft
Out & Back · Tolt-MacDonald Park
Trailhead: 47.65662, -121.93433
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:53 AM · sunset 7:11 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Private, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Cottonwood Loop, heading SW.
- 0.8 miSharp right onto Mossy Mountain Way, heading W.
- 50 ftPass Tolt-MacDonald Park Beach.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Backbreaker, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Quail Trail, heading W.
- 350 ftSharp right, heading W.
- 50 ftPass Tolt Hill.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Rabbit's Run, heading N.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Shinglewood Loop, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Crosscut Loop, heading NE.
- 0.6 miReach Tolt Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Shinglewood Loop, heading NW.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Rabbit's Run, heading NW.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Quail Trail, heading S.
- 350 ftBear right onto Backbreaker, heading S.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Mossy Mountain Way, heading E.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Cottonwood Loop, heading S.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto Private, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.8 mi in (~59 min). Leave by 5:53 PM for the 7:11 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:22 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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More from this trailhead
- Shinglewood Loop 2.3 mi · ▲ 88 ft
- Shinglewood Loop 2.7 mi · ▲ 169 ft
- Shinglewood Loop 2.4 mi · ▲ 145 ft
- Tolt-MacDonald Park Beach–Cottonwood Loop, 7 sights 5 mi · ▲ 930 ft
- Sidewinder South via Shinglewood Loop 2.4 mi · ▲ 145 ft
- Ames Lake–Karen's, 4 sights 2.7 mi · ▲ 258 ft
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