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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.

Elevation

0 mi919 – 3,504 ft · steepest grade: 23%16.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 47.43336, -121.76896
Nearest town Cedar Falls, WA

Directions

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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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 50 ftPass Rattlesnake Lake.
  3. 250 ftBear left, heading N.
  4. 0.2 miTurn right onto Rattlesnake Ledge Trail, heading SW.
  5. 1.8 miSharp left onto Rattlesnake Mountain Trail, heading NE.
  6. 1.5 miTurn right, heading W.
  7. 0.3 miBear left, heading NW.
  8. 0.5 miBear right onto Windy Landing Trail, heading NW.
  9. 50 ftBear left onto Rattlesnake Mountain Trail, heading N.
  10. 1.3 miBear right onto Raging Ridge, heading NW.
  11. 450 ftSharp right, heading NW.
  12. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  13. 50 ftPass Return Policy Viewpoint.
  14. 150 ftSharp right, heading SW.
  15. 450 ftContinue straight onto Canyon Creek DH, heading SW.
  16. 0.5 miTurn right, heading W.
  17. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Raging Ridge, heading NE.
  18. 1.2 miReach Return Policy Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  19. 1.4 miTurn left, heading S.
  20. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Canyon Creek DH, heading S.
  21. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  22. 0.4 miSharp left, heading SW.
  23. 150 ftTurn right onto Raging Ridge, heading S.
  24. 0.4 miBear left, heading NE.
  25. 50 ftContinue straight onto Rattlesnake Mountain Trail, heading N.
  26. 1.2 miBear right onto Windy Landing Trail, heading S.
  27. 50 ftBear left onto Rattlesnake Mountain Trail, heading SW.
  28. 0.5 miBear left, heading S.
  29. 1.8 miSharp right onto Rattlesnake Ledge Trail, heading NE.
  30. 1.8 miTurn left, heading NE.
  31. 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
  32. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

91% dirt3% gravel6% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:50 AMSunset 8:38 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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