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Tolt-MacDonald Park

Tolt-MacDonald Park Beach–Cottonwood Loop, 6 sights

4.3 mi · ▲ 546 ft · 1 hr 42 min

Tolt-MacDonald Park Beach–Cottonwood Loop, 6 sights is a 4.3-mile out-and-back in Tolt-MacDonald Park near Carnation, WA. The route reaches Tolt-MacDonald Park Beach. It climbs 546 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 5/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi56 – 532 ft · steepest grade: 16%5.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 47.65705, -121.92585
Nearest town Carnation, WA
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Tolt-MacDonald Park Beach–Cottonwood Loop, 6 sights

4.3 mi · ▲ 546 ft · 1 hr 42 min

Elevation 57–530 ft

Out & Back · Tolt-MacDonald Park

Trailhead: 47.65705, -121.92585

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:53 AM · sunset 7:11 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.1 miTurn right onto Coho Corner, heading SW.
  3. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Cottonwood Loop, heading S.
  4. 0.7 miSharp right onto Mossy Mountain Way, heading NW.
  5. 50 ftPass Tolt-MacDonald Park Beach.
  6. 0.7 miBear right onto North Road, heading W.
  7. 50 ftSharp left onto The Spine, heading W.
  8. 50 ftTurn right onto Lower Spine, heading W.
  9. 50 ftTurn right onto North Road, heading W.
  10. 100 ftContinue straight onto The Spine, heading W.
  11. 350 ftContinue straight onto North Road, heading NW.
  12. 0.2 miBear right onto Cousins, heading NW.
  13. 150 ftBear left onto Almost Gone, heading W.
  14. 50 ftTurn left onto Sidewinder, heading W.
  15. 50 ftContinue straight onto West Road, heading W.
  16. 350 ftTurn right onto Slow Burn, heading W.
  17. 50 ftTurn left onto Sidewinder South, heading W.
  18. 200 ftTurn right onto Singe, heading W.
  19. 50 ftTurn left onto Slow Burn, heading W.
  20. 50 ftContinue straight onto Pitzilla, heading W.
  21. 50 ftBear right onto Slow Burn, heading W.
  22. 50 ftContinue straight onto Sidewinder South, heading W.
  23. 50 ftReach Tolt-MacDonald Park Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  24. 50 ftContinue straight onto Slow Burn, heading W.
  25. 50 ftBear left onto Pitzilla, heading W.
  26. 50 ftContinue straight onto Slow Burn, heading W.
  27. 50 ftTurn right onto Singe, heading W.
  28. 50 ftTurn left onto Sidewinder South, heading W.
  29. 200 ftTurn right onto Slow Burn, heading W.
  30. 50 ftTurn left onto West Road, heading W.
  31. 400 ftContinue straight onto Sidewinder, heading SW.
  32. 50 ftTurn right onto Almost Gone, heading SW.
  33. 50 ftBear right onto Cousins, heading SW.
  34. 150 ftBear left onto North Road, heading SW.
  35. 0.2 miContinue straight onto The Spine, heading E.
  36. 350 ftContinue straight onto North Road, heading NE.
  37. 100 ftTurn left onto Lower Spine, heading NE.
  38. 50 ftTurn left onto The Spine, heading NE.
  39. 50 ftSharp right onto North Road, heading NE.
  40. 50 ftBear left onto Mossy Mountain Way, heading NE.
  41. 0.7 miSharp left onto Cottonwood Loop, heading E.
  42. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Coho Corner, heading SE.
  43. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  44. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/karens-tolt-macdonald-park-beach-out-back-3-beaches

Trail surface

95% dirt5% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:53 AMSunset 7:11 PM

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