Goats & Owen Beach is a 2.5-mile out-and-back in Point Defiance Park near Fort Nisqually, WA. The route passes Goats and Owen Beach. It is mostly level, with 172 ft of elevation gain. It scores 8/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi7 – 167 ft2.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 47.30631, -122.52184
Nearest town Fort Nisqually, WA
Directions
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Goats & Owen Beach
2.5 mi · ▲ 172 ft · 55 min
Elevation 6–168 ft
Out & Back · Point Defiance Park
Trailhead: 47.30631, -122.52184
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:53 AM · sunset 8:41 PM
Transit-accessible: Point Defiance Ferry Terminal stop 573 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 50 ftPass Goats.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miPass Owen Beach.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 300 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 100 ftBear left onto Owen Beach, heading NW.
- 0.6 miReach Goats, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading S.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 250 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
41% dirt37% sand21% paved1% gravel
Weather
Sunrise 5:53 AMSunset 8:41 PM
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Point Defiance Ferry Terminal stop 573 m from the trailhead
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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