Washington hiking trails - Kelly Butte Trail, Northern Cascade Range, King County

   
  A visit to Washington is not complete without some hiking. There are so many great backpacking and hiking trails for backcountry hiking in Washington, and Kelly Butte Trail is one of them, and it's in King County. Gotta get out of the settlement man, and Kelly Butte Trail in King County, Washington is an excellent selection. Kelly Butte Trail is a wet site that gets a lot of precipitation; throughout December this vicinity sees the most rain, and July is when it's the driest. This is one of many backpacking and hiking trails in the surrounding region. Every
    single Washington backpacking and hiking trail has its own character. This wilderness trail is many miles long having an average number of uphill miles which makes this a very tough backpacking and hiking trail for advanced trekkers looking for a nice challenge. Kelly Butte Trail
is very far from the nearest good size settlement, and there's magnificent natural loveliness right here for you along it. Backcountry trekking here in the Northern Cascade Range is the best way to enjoy these peaks. Different parts of Kelly Butte Trail are at very different elevations, so keep in mind that you may need to dress differently at different elevations. Being 9.6 miles long; it's longer than many great outdoors trails. Summer at Kelly Butte Trail arrives with high temperatures in the 70's. When the night sets in temperatures descend down into the 50's.  
Highs during the winter are regularly in the 40's, and nighttime lows during the winter for Kelly Butte Trail tend to be in the 30's. Kelly Butte Trail has two trailheads, so if you can get a ride from someone, you can hike it just one way. When you're here in Washington backcountry hiking along one of its backpacking and hiking trails is the great thing to do. This walk shouldn't take more than 8.5 hours, but of course some folks walk a bit slower and some a bit faster. And keep in mind that there could be temporary safety restrictions in spot. This is a great outdoors trail that is quite long, so don't forget to pack enough supplies. The total elevation difference for this wilderness hiking trail is 4,421 feet which is higher than average.

Briefly about the general area:
This river is so good. Greenwater River has a nice whitewater paddling spot close by, and getting to Lester Creek from Kelly Butte Trail is painless.
There's so much to do here at Kelly Butte Trail that you need to camp here for a while, The Dalles Campground is a good place for that, and whitewater paddling is great on White River. All year is a great time in the Northern Cascade Range if you have a thing about the outdoors. If you came to camp Dry Creek Campground is a great site to do that, and some of the water close by flows, like Sawmill Creek.

Location of Trailhead 1: Latitude 47.2087, Longitude -121.4803
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Location of Trailhead 2: Latitude 47.1605, Longitude -121.4865
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Trailhead 1 to Trailhead 2:
Total hiking length = 4.8 miles
Total climbing distance = 3.5 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace: 5 hours
Fast Hiking Pace: 3 hours

Trailhead 2 to Trailhead 1:
Total hiking length = 4.8 miles
Total climbing distance = .5 miles
Difficulty : Easy
Casual Hiking Pace: 3.5 hours
Fast Hiking Pace: 1.5 hours
    Trailhead 1 back to Trailhead 1:
Total hiking length = 9.6 miles
Total climbing distance = 4 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace: 8.5 hours
Fast Hiking Pace: 5.5 hours

Trailhead 2 back to Trailhead 2:
Total hiking length = 9.6 miles
Total climbing distance = 4 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace: 8.5 hours
Fast Hiking Pace: 5.5 hours

Total elevation difference: 4421 feet


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 Trails Near Kelly Butte Trail:
Sawmill Ridge Trail, King County County , 2 miles away, 6.9 hiking miles, 4040 feet elevation difference
Rock Creek Trail, King County County , 3 miles away, 4.4 hiking miles, 2923 feet elevation difference
Naches Pass-Greenwater Trail, King County County , 4 miles away, 3.7 hiking miles, 2261 feet elevation difference
Lester Trail, King County County , 5 miles away,  6.6 hiking miles, 3791 feet elevation difference
Greenwater Trail, Pierce County County , 6 miles away,  9.2 hiking miles, 1028 feet elevation difference
Lost Lake Trail, Pierce County County , 6 miles away,  12 hiking miles, 2942 feet elevation difference
Snowshoe Butte Trail, King County County , 6 miles away, 1.5 hiking miles, 1588 feet elevation difference
 Camp Grounds Near Kelly Butte Trail:
The Dalles Campground, Pierce County, 7 miles away
Dry Creek Campground, Pierce County, 9 miles away
Commonwealth Campground, King County, 12 miles away
Crystal Springs Campground, Kittitas County, 13 miles away
Morse Creek Campground, Yakima County, 14 miles away
 Whitewater Near Kelly Butte Trail:
Greenwater River, Pierce/King County County , 7 miles away, Class II(IV) - 7.2 miles long (FR 7030 Bridge to Highway 410)
White River, Pierce County County , 9 miles away, Class III - 10 miles long (Silver Springs Campground to West Fork White)
Snoqualmie River - South Fork, King County County , 12 miles away, Class IV-V - 1.5 miles long (I-90 Exit 52 to Denny Creek Campground)
Pratt River, King County County , 15 miles away, Class IV - 6 miles long (Kaleetan Creek to Middle Fork Snoqualmie)
White River, Pierce County County , 16 miles away, Class III - 13.5 miles long (West Fork to Bridge Camp)
 National Parks Near Kelly Butte Trail:
Mount Rainier National Park, Ashford - WA , 40 miles away
 Hotels Near Kelly Butte Trail:
Crystal Mountain Hotels, Enumclaw , 11 miles away
Best Western Inn, Snoqualmie Pass , 12 miles away
Edgewick Inn, North Bend , 21 miles away
Mt Si Motel, North Bend , 24 miles away
North Bend Motel, North Bend , 25 miles away
 Lakes Near Kelly Butte Trail
Williams Hole, King County , 3 miles away

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