Washington hiking trails - Lake Creek Trail, Olympic Mountains, Clallam County

   
  Lake Creek Trail is not very in the neighborhood of Port Angeles at all, but it is a really splendid backcountry hiking trail. This part of Washington has a perfect deal of available outdoors things to do. Washington has plenty of splendid great outdoors hiking trails; one of those is Lake Creek Trail in Clallam County. Lake Creek Trail has only one trailhead, so you'll be backcountry hiking it in and back out. This is not a very long great outdoors hiking trail but it's always pleasant to bring some emergency supplies, you never know what could happen.
    Lake Creek Trail is a relatively wet spot mostly with a good deal of precipitation; through December this neighborhood sees the most rain while July is regularly the driest month. Being 4.4 miles long it's an average length trail. Hey, time for a backcountry hike don’t you think?
Lake Creek Trail in Clallam County, Washington is just the spot. And keep in mind that there could be temporary safety restrictions in location. This backcountry hike shouldn't take more than 4 hours, but of course some people walk a bit slower and some a bit faster. Every great outdoors hiking trail in Washington is charming in its own way. This great outdoors trail is a normal length great outdoors trail having an average number of uphill miles which makes it a fine backcountry hiking trail for the average person looking for a fine adventure. This great  
outdoors hiking trail sometimes gets very dry, so make sure you check current conditions and fire restrictions with local forest authorities before you head out. The number of backcountry hiking trails in this region is not very high. Summer at Lake Creek Trail comes with high temperatures in the 70's. Summer overnight lows plunge down to the 50's. Highs through the wintertime are mostly in the 40's; overnight lows through the wintertime for Lake Creek Trail tend to be in the 30's. The total elevation difference for this backpacking and hiking trail is 557 feet which is lower than average. You spend the whole hike in roughly the same elevation zone, so you won’t have to worry about different climate zones along your hike. Hiking here in the Olympic Mountains is the best way to enjoy these highlands. Here in Washington hiking is the splendid thing to do.

Briefly about the general area:
Paddling on Elwha River is so much fun. Olympic National Park is a glorious local destination here at Lake Creek Trail, and if you came to camp Elmers Park is a wonderful place to do that.
This place, the Olympic Mountains, has so much outdoors fun stuff. You can take a little visit to Lake Dawn Dam since you're here at Lake Creek Trail. There's so much to do here at Lake Creek Trail that you need to camp here for a while, Heart of the Hills Campground is a magnificent location for that.

Location of Trailhead: Latitude 48.04, Longitude -123.4291
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Total in and out hiking length = 4.4 miles

Total climbing distance = 1.7 miles

Difficulty : Medium

Casual Hiking Pace: 4 hours

Fast Hiking Pace: 2.5 hours

Total elevation difference: 557 feet


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Outdoors Recreation Near Port Angeles, Washington
Very comprehensive list of a variety of outdoors recreation in the vicinity of Port Angeles, Washington, the metro area neareast to Lake Creek Trail. Find info on campgrounds, hiking trails, ski resorts, lakes, beaches, parks, whitewater and more.

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Local climate location: ELWHA RANGER STATION 3 miles away

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 Camp Grounds Near Lake Creek Trail:
Heart of the Hills Campground, Clallam County, 1 miles away
Elmers Park, Port Angeles, 3 miles away
Al's RV Park, Port Angeles, 4 miles away
Evergreen Motel and Mobile Home, Port Angeles, 4 miles away
Peabody Creek RV Park, Port Angeles, 4 miles away
 Whitewater Near Lake Creek Trail:
Elwha River, Clallam County County , 10 miles away, Class V - 8.5 miles long (Grand Canyon)
Elwha River, Clallam County County , 11 miles away, Class II - 4.9 miles long (Aldwell Reservoir to river mouth)
 National Parks Near Lake Creek Trail:
Olympic National Park, Port Angeles - WA , 7 miles away
 Hotels Near Lake Creek Trail:
Super 8 Port Angeles, Port Angeles , 3 miles away
Days Inn Port Angeles, Port Angeles , 3 miles away
Red Lion Hotel Port Angeles, Port Angeles , 4 miles away
Quality Inn Uptown, Port Angeles , 4 miles away
Quality Inn & Suites Sequim, Sequim , 19 miles away
 Lakes Near Lake Creek Trail
Lake Angeles, Clallam County , 2 miles away

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