Washington hiking trails - Goat Creek Trail, Northern Cascade Range, Yakima County

   
  Can’t wait to get out in the fresh air, Goat Creek Trail in Yakima County, Washington is just the place. Great outdoors hiking trails are nice and plentiful in Washington, and Goat Creek Trail in Yakima County is one of them. Backcountry trekking in Washington is such a fine thing to do. This is just one of a large number of wilderness hiking trails in this region. All the water falling down from the sky makes Goat Creek Trail a wet location; of all the months in a year January is the one with the most rain while July is regularly the driest month. Goat
    Creek Trail is quite long, so make sure you bring plenty of supplies. Please follow all local rules about fires and camping. The time needed for this hike is roughly 7 hours, but you never know stuff could go wrong and you could get stuck so be prepared for that. Different parts
of this backpacking trail are at very different elevations, and that means that some parts of the backpacking trail could be very different from other parts of it. The total elevation difference for Goat Creek Trail is 3,879 feet which is a higher than average number. This hiking trail has only one trailhead, so in and out is the way to walk it normally. With its 8 miles of walking distance it's an average length backpacking trail. Here in the nice state of Washington trekking is always a cool thing to do. These great outdoors hiking trails here in the  
Northern Cascade Range are a really pleasant way to spend quality time in the fresh air. All through the warm months highs here at Goat Creek Trail get into the 70's. For the period of the moonlight hours it's mostly in the 40's. For the period of the wintertime highs are mostly in the 30's, and nighttime lows at Goat Creek Trail all through the wintertime mostly fall into the 20's. The length of this great outdoors hiking trail is about average with an average amount of climbing distance which makes it a nice wilderness hiking trail for experienced walkers in great shape. Goat Creek Trail is a great outdoors hiking trail pretty far from Ellensburg, but if you're looking for a good place to go hiking, this is a good selection. There are plenty of trails in Washington; each one of them is delightful in its own way.

Briefly about the general area:
Soda Springs is always fun to check out, and why not a little side journey to Sunrise Creek. You'll truly wish for more hours in a day to enjoy all the exciting things in the Northern Cascade Range. Drift down the rapids of Bumping River in a kayak; Clover Spring is a pretty place to explore while you're at Goat Creek Trail.
A good place to camp here at Goat Creek Trail is Cougar Flat Campground, and do have a look at Scab Creek while you're here at Goat Creek Trail. Get yourself into a kayak and hit American River, and while you're here why not explore Pleasant Valley. You clearly must like Goat Creek Trail. Why not camp at Hells Crossing Campground if you're here at Goat Creek Trail.

Location of Trailhead: Latitude 46.9177, Longitude -121.2303
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Total in and out hiking length = 8 miles

Total climbing distance = 3.2 miles

Difficulty : Difficult

Casual Hiking Pace: 7 hours

Fast Hiking Pace: 4.5 hours

Total elevation difference: 3879 feet


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 Trails Near Goat Creek Trail:
Nile Ridge Trail, Yakima County County , 2 miles away, 5.6 hiking miles, 3162 feet elevation difference
Fifes Ridge Trail, Yakima County County , 3 miles away, 13 hiking miles, 4581 feet elevation difference
Richmond Mine Trail, Yakima County County , 3 miles away,  10 hiking miles, 3203 feet elevation difference
Goose Prairie Trail, Yakima County County , 4 miles away,  9.6 hiking miles, 3246 feet elevation difference
South Fork Trail, Yakima County County , 6 miles away, 5 hiking miles, 2365 feet elevation difference
American Ridge Trail, Yakima County County , 6 miles away, 31 hiking miles, 4759 feet elevation difference
Middle Fork Trail, Yakima County County , 7 miles away, 7.2 hiking miles, 3118 feet elevation difference
 Camp Grounds Near Goat Creek Trail:
Cougar Flat Campground, Yakima County, 2 miles away
Hells Crossing Campground, Yakima County, 2 miles away
Soda Springs Campground, Yakima County, 3 miles away
Bumping Crossing Campground, Yakima County, 3 miles away
Pine Needle Campground, Yakima County, 4 miles away
 Whitewater Near Goat Creek Trail:
Bumping River, Yakima County County , 2 miles away, Class II - 10.5 miles long (Bumping Reservoir to American River)
American River, Yakima County County , 3 miles away, Class III-IV - 4.7 miles long (Hell's Crossing to American Forks)
American River, -blank- County County , 5 miles away, Class II-III+ - 7.5 miles long (Lodgepole Campground to Hell's Crossing)
Little Naches River, Yakima/Kittitas County County , 8 miles away, Class II-III+(IV) - 9.5 miles long (Matthew Creek to Little Naches Campground)
American River, Yakima County County , 9 miles away, Class II+ - 5 miles long (American Forks to Sawmill Flat)
 National Parks Near Goat Creek Trail:
Mount Rainier National Park, Ashford - WA , 51 miles away
 Hotels Near Goat Creek Trail:
Suncadia Resort, Cle Elum , 22 miles away
Best Western Snowcap Lodge, Cle Elum , 24 miles away
Howard Johnson Snoqualmie/Summit, Snoqualmie Pass , 26 miles away
Stewart Lodge, Cle Elum , 26 miles away
Hampton Inn Ellensburg, Ellensburg , 46 miles away
 Lakes Near Goat Creek Trail
Flat Iron Lake, Yakima County , 5 miles away

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