Upper Munra Falls & Gorge Trail #400 via Forest Road 8400-777 is a 4.7-mile out-and-back in Bonneville State Scenic Corridor near Fort Rains, WA. The route reaches Upper Munra Falls at the turnaround, 2.4 miles in. It climbs 1,325 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 11/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Upper Munra Falls & Gorge Trail #400 via Forest Road 8400-777
4.7 mi · ▲ 1,325 ft · 2 hr 14 min
Elevation 82–1,165 ft
Out & Back · Bonneville State Scenic Corridor
Trailhead: Gorge Trail #400 · 45.64141, -121.92555
Weather Sep 4: Light drizzle, high 69°F / low 54° · precip 56% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:42 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Eagle Creek Campground Loop, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right onto Gorge Trail #400, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 1.2 miBear left onto Forest Road 8400-777, heading W.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Gorge Trail #400, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Forest Road 8400-777, heading SW.
- 1 miReach Upper Munra Falls, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1 miTurn right onto Gorge Trail #400, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Forest Road 8400-777, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Gorge Trail #400, heading E.
- 1.2 miBear left onto Eagle Creek Campground Loop, heading NE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.7 mi in (~66 min). Leave by 6:16 PM for the 7:42 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:44 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Gorge Trail #400 Trailhead
- Lower Ruckel Creek Falls via Historic Columbia River Highway State Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 290 ft
- Adult Fish Holding Ponds–Adult Ponds, 8 lakes 4.5 mi · ▲ 1,221 ft
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- Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness Viewpoint–Adult Fish Holding Ponds, 9 lakes 8.5 mi · ▲ 2,285 ft
- Lower Ruckel Creek Falls–Buck Point Trail #439, 4 sights 8.6 mi · ▲ 4,012 ft
- Munra Point–Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness Viewpoint, 10 lakes 8.8 mi · ▲ 3,349 ft
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