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Tolt-MacDonald Park Beach–Cottonwood Loop, 7 sights is a 5-mile out-and-back in Tolt-MacDonald Park near Carnation, WA. The route reaches Tolt-MacDonald Park Beach. It climbs 930 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 8/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi72 – 538 ft · steepest grade: 25%6.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 47.65662, -121.93433
Nearest town Carnation, WA

Directions

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Tolt-MacDonald Park Beach–Cottonwood Loop, 7 sights

5 mi · ▲ 930 ft · 2 hr 8 min

Elevation 73–537 ft

Out & Back · Tolt-MacDonald Park

Trailhead: 47.65662, -121.93433

Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 75°F / low 49° · precip 0% · wind 1 mph · sunrise 5:50 AM · sunset 8:40 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 150 ftTurn right onto Private, heading SE.
  3. 0.4 miTurn right onto Cottonwood Loop, heading SW.
  4. 0.8 miSharp right onto Mossy Mountain Way, heading W.
  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 N.
  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. 400 ftTurn right onto Slow Burn, heading NW.
  17. 50 ftTurn left onto Sidewinder South, heading NW.
  18. 200 ftTurn right onto Singe, heading W.
  19. 50 ftTurn left onto Slow Burn, heading W.
  20. 50 ftContinue straight onto Sidewinder South, heading W.
  21. 100 ftContinue straight onto West Road, heading W.
  22. 50 ftTurn left onto Sidewinder South, heading W.
  23. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  24. 50 ftBear right onto Go-Kart, heading NW.
  25. 50 ftTurn left onto West Road, heading NW.
  26. 150 ftTurn right onto Pearl, heading NW.
  27. 50 ftBear left onto West Road, heading NW.
  28. 0.2 miReach Tolt-MacDonald Park Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  29. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  30. 0.2 miBear right onto Pearl, heading S.
  31. 50 ftTurn left onto West Road, heading S.
  32. 150 ftTurn right onto Go-Kart, heading SE.
  33. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  34. 50 ftTurn left onto Sidewinder South, heading S.
  35. 50 ftTurn right onto West Road, heading SE.
  36. 50 ftContinue straight onto Sidewinder South, heading S.
  37. 100 ftContinue straight onto Slow Burn, heading SE.
  38. 50 ftTurn right onto Singe, heading SE.
  39. 50 ftTurn left onto Sidewinder South, heading SE.
  40. 200 ftTurn right onto Slow Burn, heading SE.
  41. 50 ftTurn left onto West Road, heading SE.
  42. 350 ftContinue straight onto Sidewinder, heading S.
  43. 50 ftTurn right onto Almost Gone, heading S.
  44. 50 ftBear right onto Cousins, heading S.
  45. 150 ftBear left onto North Road, heading S.
  46. 0.2 miContinue straight onto The Spine, heading NW.
  47. 350 ftContinue straight onto North Road, heading NW.
  48. 100 ftTurn left onto Lower Spine, heading NW.
  49. 50 ftTurn left onto The Spine, heading NW.
  50. 50 ftSharp right onto North Road, heading NW.
  51. 50 ftBear left onto Mossy Mountain Way, heading NW.
  52. 0.7 miSharp left onto Cottonwood Loop, heading E.
  53. 0.8 miTurn left onto Private, heading S.
  54. 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
  55. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

94% dirt6% 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 8:40 PM
Tue 83°55°
Wed 90°56°
Thu 93°55°
Fri 86°52°
Sat 83°52°
Sun 82°51°

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