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
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Coho Corner, heading SW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Cottonwood Loop, heading S.
- 0.7 miSharp right onto Mossy Mountain Way, heading NW.
- 50 ftPass Tolt-MacDonald Park Beach.
- 0.7 miBear right onto North Road, heading W.
- 50 ftSharp left onto The Spine, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Lower Spine, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto North Road, heading W.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto The Spine, heading W.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto North Road, heading NW.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Phoenix Rising, heading NW.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Cousins, heading W.
- 350 ftSharp right onto Phoenix Rising, heading NW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto The Phoenix, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto 290th Way Northeast, heading NW.
- 300 ftTurn right onto South Center Road, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Steam Donkey, heading SE.
- 50 ftSharp left onto South Center Road, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Big Dipper, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Into The Clouds, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right onto 2 Craters, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Big Dipper, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right onto 2 Craters, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Big Dipper, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Cloud 9, heading S.
- 450 ftReach Tolt-MacDonald Park Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 500 ftContinue straight onto Big Dipper, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto 2 Craters, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Big Dipper, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto 2 Craters, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left onto Into The Clouds, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Big Dipper, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto South Center Road, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Steam Donkey, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left onto South Center Road, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto 290th Way Northeast, heading S.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto The Phoenix, heading SW.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Cousins, heading NW.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Phoenix Rising, heading W.
- 250 ftSharp right onto North Road, heading N.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto The Spine, heading N.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto North Road, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Lower Spine, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto The Spine, heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp right onto North Road, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Mossy Mountain Way, heading NE.
- 0.7 miSharp left onto Cottonwood Loop, heading NE.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Coho Corner, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 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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