Whipple Creek Park–Connector Trail, 3 sights
3 mi · ▲ 227 ft · 1 hr 7 min
Whipple Creek Park–Connector Trail, 3 sights is a 3-mile out-and-back in Whipple Creek Park near Baker, WA. The route reaches Whipple Creek Park. It is mostly level, with 227 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 11/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Whipple Creek Park–Connector Trail, 3 sights
3 mi · ▲ 227 ft · 1 hr 7 min
Elevation 115–316 ft
Out & Back · Whipple Creek Park
Trailhead: 45.74448, -122.67287
Weather Sep 4: Light rain, high 66°F / low 53° · precip 27% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:45 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 200 ftSharp right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Connector Trail, heading W.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miPass Whipple Creek Park.
- 0.7 miSharp left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 350 ftSharp right onto South Ridge Loop, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Burl Cutoff, heading W.
- 50 ftReach Whipple Creek Park, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 100 ftTurn right onto South Ridge Loop, heading W.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 100 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Whipple Creek Way, heading SE.
- 0.8 miSharp left, heading E.
- 300 ftTurn left onto Connector Trail, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading E.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.4 mi in (~10 min). Leave by 7:15 PM for the 7:45 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:11 PM — 5 min before dark.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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