AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Vancouver Lake & Northwest Lower River Road

2 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 40 min

Vancouver Lake & Northwest Lower River Road is a 2-mile out-and-back near Vancouver Junction, WA. The route reaches Vancouver Lake. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi20 – 36 ft2.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Northwest Lower River Road 45.64983, -122.71979
Nearest town Vancouver Junction, WA
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Vancouver Lake & Northwest Lower River Road

2 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 40 min

Elevation 19–35 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Northwest Lower River Road · 45.64983, -122.71979

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:37 AM · sunset 7:45 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Northwest Lower River Road, heading E.
  2. 50 ftPass Vancouver Lake.
  3. 0.7 miTurn left, heading N.
  4. 0.3 miReach Vancouver Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 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/vancouver-lake-northwest-lower-river-road-out-back-3-km

Trail surface

72% paved28% gravel

Weather

Sunrise 6:37 AMSunset 7:45 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.7 mi in (~17 min). Leave by 7:08 PM for the 7:45 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:17 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

Hikes near Vancouver Junction, Washington