AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

West Rock Creek Road

6 mi · ▲ 664 ft · 2 hr 20 min

West Rock Creek Road is a 6-mile out-and-back near Marmac, WA. It climbs 664 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly gravel. It scores 85/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi217 – 571 ft · steepest grade: 20%6.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 47.16779, -123.17574
Nearest town Marmac, WA
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West Rock Creek Road

6 mi · ▲ 664 ft · 2 hr 20 min

Elevation 216–572 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 47.16779, -123.17574

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:59 AM · sunset 7:14 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  3. 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
  4. 0.7 miBear left, heading NW.
  5. 300 ftSharp left, heading W.
  6. 0.4 miBear right, heading SW.
  7. 0.6 miBear left, heading SW.
  8. 450 ftSharp left onto West Rock Creek Road, heading W.
  9. 0.9 miReach West Rock Creek Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.9 miSharp right, heading W.
  11. 450 ftBear right, heading NW.
  12. 0.6 miBear left, heading E.
  13. 0.4 miSharp right, heading NE.
  14. 250 ftBear right, heading N.
  15. 0.7 miBear right, heading E.
  16. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  17. 0.1 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/west-rock-creek-road-out-back-10-km-d2b5

Trail surface

70% gravel30% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:59 AMSunset 7:14 PM

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