AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Vista Ridge Trail via Lake Tapps Parkway Trail

3.5 mi · ▲ 463 ft · 1 hr 24 min

Vista Ridge Trail via Lake Tapps Parkway Trail is a 3.5-mile out-and-back near Benroy, WA. It climbs 463 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi66 – 548 ft3.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 47.24954, -122.23682
Nearest town Benroy, WA
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Vista Ridge Trail via Lake Tapps Parkway Trail

3.5 mi · ▲ 463 ft · 1 hr 24 min

Elevation 65–549 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 47.24954, -122.23682

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:52 AM · sunset 8:39 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 100 ftTurn right onto Lake Tapps Parkway Trail, heading E.
  3. 0.9 miSharp left onto Vista Ridge Trail, heading NW.
  4. 0.8 miReach Vista Ridge Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 0.8 miSharp right onto Lake Tapps Parkway Trail, heading SE.
  6. 0.9 miTurn left, heading W.
  7. 50 ftArrive 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/vista-ridge-trail-out-back

Trail surface

95% paved5% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:52 AMSunset 8:39 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.3 mi in (~43 min). Leave by 7:37 PM for the 8:39 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:26 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint

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