Return Policy Viewpoint–Rattlesnake Lake, 4 sights is a 16.1-mile out-and-back in Cedar River Municipal Watershed near Cedar Falls, WA. The route passes Rattlesnake Lake and Return Policy Viewpoint. It climbs 4,260 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 56/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Return Policy Viewpoint–Rattlesnake Lake, 4 sights
16.1 mi · ▲ 4,260 ft · 7 hr 30 min
Elevation 918–3,503 ft
Out & Back · Cedar River Municipal Watershed
Trailhead: 47.43336, -121.76896
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:50 AM · sunset 8:38 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 50 ftPass Rattlesnake Lake.
- 250 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Rattlesnake Ledge Trail, heading SW.
- 1.8 miSharp left onto Rattlesnake Mountain Trail, heading NE.
- 1.5 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Windy Landing Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Rattlesnake Mountain Trail, heading N.
- 1.3 miBear right onto Raging Ridge, heading NW.
- 450 ftSharp right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftPass Return Policy Viewpoint.
- 150 ftSharp right, heading SW.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Canyon Creek DH, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Raging Ridge, heading NE.
- 1.2 miReach Return Policy Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.4 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Canyon Creek DH, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.4 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Raging Ridge, heading S.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Rattlesnake Mountain Trail, heading N.
- 1.2 miBear right onto Windy Landing Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left onto Rattlesnake Mountain Trail, heading SW.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading S.
- 1.8 miSharp right onto Rattlesnake Ledge Trail, heading NE.
- 1.8 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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