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Tolt-MacDonald Park Beach–Cottonwood Loop, 5 sights is a 5.2-mile out-and-back in Tolt-MacDonald Park near Carnation, WA. The route reaches Tolt-MacDonald Park Beach. It climbs 597 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 9/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi56 – 554 ft · steepest grade: 19%6.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 47.65705, -121.92585
Nearest town Carnation, WA

Directions

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Tolt-MacDonald Park Beach–Cottonwood Loop, 5 sights

5.2 mi · ▲ 597 ft · 2 hr 2 min

Elevation 57–555 ft

Out & Back · Tolt-MacDonald Park

Trailhead: 47.65705, -121.92585

Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 75°F / low 49° · precip 0% · wind 1 mph · sunrise 5:50 AM · sunset 8:39 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. 0.1 miSharp left onto Phoenix Rising, heading NW.
  13. 250 ftContinue straight onto Cousins, heading W.
  14. 350 ftSharp right onto Phoenix Rising, heading NW.
  15. 0.2 miContinue straight onto The Phoenix, heading SW.
  16. 0.2 miTurn left onto 290th Way Northeast, heading NW.
  17. 300 ftTurn right onto South Center Road, heading NW.
  18. 0.1 miBear right onto Steam Donkey, heading SE.
  19. 50 ftSharp left onto South Center Road, heading S.
  20. 50 ftTurn left onto Big Dipper, heading S.
  21. 50 ftContinue straight onto Into The Clouds, heading S.
  22. 50 ftBear right onto 2 Craters, heading S.
  23. 50 ftContinue straight onto Big Dipper, heading S.
  24. 50 ftTurn right onto 2 Craters, heading S.
  25. 50 ftContinue straight onto Big Dipper, heading S.
  26. 50 ftContinue straight onto Cloud 9, heading S.
  27. 450 ftReach Tolt-MacDonald Park Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  28. 500 ftContinue straight onto Big Dipper, heading SW.
  29. 50 ftContinue straight onto 2 Craters, heading SW.
  30. 50 ftTurn left onto Big Dipper, heading S.
  31. 50 ftContinue straight onto 2 Craters, heading S.
  32. 50 ftBear left onto Into The Clouds, heading SW.
  33. 50 ftContinue straight onto Big Dipper, heading SW.
  34. 50 ftTurn right onto South Center Road, heading SW.
  35. 50 ftSharp right onto Steam Donkey, heading SW.
  36. 50 ftBear left onto South Center Road, heading SW.
  37. 0.1 miTurn left onto 290th Way Northeast, heading S.
  38. 300 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  39. 150 ftContinue straight onto The Phoenix, heading SW.
  40. 0.3 miSharp left onto Cousins, heading NW.
  41. 350 ftContinue straight onto Phoenix Rising, heading W.
  42. 250 ftSharp right onto North Road, heading N.
  43. 0.1 miContinue straight onto The Spine, heading N.
  44. 350 ftContinue straight onto North Road, heading SE.
  45. 100 ftTurn left onto Lower Spine, heading NE.
  46. 50 ftTurn left onto The Spine, heading NE.
  47. 50 ftSharp right onto North Road, heading NE.
  48. 50 ftBear left onto Mossy Mountain Way, heading NE.
  49. 0.7 miSharp left onto Cottonwood Loop, heading NE.
  50. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Coho Corner, heading SE.
  51. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  52. 350 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

79% dirt21% unspecified

Weather

OvercastTemperature 75°F49°
Precip0%Wind1 mphUV7Humidity73%
Rained 0.1″ yesterday
Hourly temperature
75°45°
Sunrise 5:50 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:39 PM
Tue 83°55°
Wed 90°56°
Thu 93°55°
Fri 86°52°
Sat 83°52°
Sun 82°51°

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