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.
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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 Sep 20: Fog, high 73°F / low 48° · precip 0% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:54 AM · sunset 7:13 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Lake Tapps Parkway Trail, heading E.
- 0.9 miSharp left onto Vista Ridge Trail, heading NW.
- 0.8 miReach Vista Ridge Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miSharp right onto Lake Tapps Parkway Trail, heading SE.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.1 mi in (~38 min). Leave by 6:14 PM for the 7:13 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:55 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
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