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Fort Steilacoom Park

Waughop Lake–The Big One, 3 sights

3 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 1 hr 2 min

Waughop Lake–The Big One, 3 sights is a 3-mile out-and-back in Fort Steilacoom Park near Interlaken, WA. The route passes The Big One and Waughop Lake. It is mostly level, with 54 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi230 – 279 ft3.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 47.17675, -122.55333
Nearest town Interlaken, WA
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Waughop Lake–The Big One, 3 sights

3 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 1 hr 2 min

Elevation 231–280 ft

Out & Back · Fort Steilacoom Park

Trailhead: 47.17675, -122.55333

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:54 AM · sunset 8:41 PM

Transit-accessible: Steilacoom Boulevard Southwest & 87th Avenue Southwest stop 281 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  3. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Waughop Lake Road Southwest, heading SW.
  4. 450 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  5. 50 ftPass The Big One.
  6. 50 ftPass Waughop Lake.
  7. 400 ftBear right, heading NW.
  8. 350 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  9. 0.2 miBear right onto Fort Steilacoom Park Trail, heading N.
  10. 0.6 miReach Waughop Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 0.6 miBear left, heading W.
  12. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
  13. 400 ftBear left, heading SE.
  14. 400 ftTurn left onto Waughop Lake Road Southwest, heading SE.
  15. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  16. 0.2 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/waughop-lake-the-big-one-out-back-4-lakes-5-km

Trail surface

25% paved17% gravel17% dirt41% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:54 AMSunset 8:41 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 8:20 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 8:41 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 9:16 PM.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Steilacoom Boulevard Southwest & 87th Avenue Southwest stop 281 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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