Whipple Creek Park & Custard's Chimney Loop via 45th Parallel
1.9 mi · ▲ 142 ft · 42 min
Whipple Creek Park & Custard's Chimney Loop via 45th Parallel is a 1.9-mile out-and-back in Whipple Creek Park near Sara, WA. The route reaches Whipple Creek Park. It is mostly level, with 142 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 16/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Whipple Creek Park & Custard's Chimney Loop via 45th Parallel
1.9 mi · ▲ 142 ft · 42 min
Elevation 84–183 ft
Out & Back · Whipple Creek Park
Trailhead: 45.74859, -122.69766
Weather Sep 4: Drizzle, high 67°F / low 53° · precip 27% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:37 AM · sunset 7:45 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 50 ftPass Whipple Creek Park.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Custard's Chimney Loop, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto North Ridge Way, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Carousel Hill, heading S.
- 300 ftBear left onto South Ridge Loop, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn left onto 45th Parallel, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Dynee’s Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miReach Whipple Creek Park, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto 45th Parallel, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto South Ridge Loop, heading NW.
- 250 ftBear right onto Carousel Hill, heading W.
- 300 ftTurn right onto North Ridge Way, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Custard's Chimney Loop, heading W.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 450 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 right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:25 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:45 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:16 PM.
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