Washington hiking trails - Mill Creek Trail, Northern Cascade Range, Whatcom County

   
  Mill Creek Trail is in a relatively secluded area, and it is one of many nice trails in this area. There are many great hiking trails in Washington, and one of those is Mill Creek Trail in Whatcom County. Hitting the trails is always an enjoyable thing to do, and Mill Creek Trail in Whatcom County, Washington is a really nice location to spend some time. This is a region covered with lots of hiking and backpacking trails. Some parts of this hiking trail are much higher up than other parts of the hiking trail which of course means you need to be prepared
    for different conditions on different parts of the hiking trail. The length of this backcountry trail is on the longer side having an average number of uphill miles which makes this a very tough hiking and backpacking trail for advanced walkers looking for a fine challenge. Of
course, this is an overnight walk, 4.5 days normally, so make sure you've got all your overnight gear packed. Please follow all local rules about fires and camping. Summer at Mill Creek Trail arrives with high temperatures in the 70's. Summer overnight lows fall down to the 50's. High temperatures all through the wintertime are normally in the 30's; all through the dark hours in the wintertime at Mill Creek Trail temperatures fall to the 20's. Mill Creek Trail has a total elevation difference of 5,463 feet, and that is higher than average. This is a long  
trail, so do pack enough food to last the whole trip. There are numerous hiking trails in Washington, and each one is charming in its own way. This great outdoors trail has only one trailhead, so in and out is the way to backcountry trek it normally. These backcountry trails here in the Northern Cascade Range are a nice way to explore these mountaintops. Mill Creek Trail is a wet spot that gets a lot of rain; during the month of November you get the most rain around here, and the driest month is July. Washington is a nice outdoors state. With its 29.4 miles of walking distance; it's considered a longer hike. Here in the great state of Washington trekking never gets boring.

Briefly about the general area:
Mill Creek is close to Mill Creek Trail and is always a joy to check out, and a great place like Devils Park here at Mill Creek Trail is too great to miss. Not enough hours in a day to enjoy the Northern Cascade Range.
But wait, there's more exciting things to do in the Northern Cascade Range. Take a little spree to Cabinet Creek if you're here at Mill Creek Trail; you ought to undeniably dedicate some time to McMillan Park since you're here at Mill Creek Trail. There's so much to do here at Mill Creek Trail that you need to camp here for a while, Chancellor Campground is a good spot for that; a great location for whitewater paddling is Granite Creek. This location rules, just explore all the amusing things to do in the neighborhood of Mill Creek Trail. If you came to camp Meadows Campground is a great site to do that; in case you don’t mind getting drenched, you can always go whitewater paddling on Canyon Creek - Skagit Tributary.
You are right next door to Cady Point since you're here at Mill Creek Trail; since you're here, you might as well go to Rowley Chasm.

Location of Trailhead: Latitude 48.701, Longitude -120.9088
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Total in and out hiking length = 29.4 miles

Total climbing distance = 12.8 miles

Difficulty : Difficult

Casual Hiking Pace: 4.5 days

Fast Hiking Pace: 3 days

Total elevation difference: 5463 feet


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 Trails Near Mill Creek Trail:
Jack Mountain Trail, Whatcom County County , 11 miles away,  9.4 hiking miles, 4860 feet elevation difference
Park Creek Trail, Chelan County County , 12 miles away,  13 hiking miles, 4110 feet elevation difference
East Bank Trail, Whatcom County County , 13 miles away,  30 hiking miles, 1028 feet elevation difference
West Fork Methow Trail, Okanogan County County , 14 miles away,  14.4 hiking miles, 1890 feet elevation difference
Panther Creek Trail, Whatcom County County , 14 miles away, 8.7 hiking miles, 2363 feet elevation difference
Rainbow Lake Trail, Chelan County County , 15 miles away,  24.8 hiking miles, 6260 feet elevation difference
Sourdough Lookout Trail, Whatcom County County , 18 miles away,  16.4 hiking miles, 5982 feet elevation difference
 Camp Grounds Near Mill Creek Trail:
Chancellor Campground, Whatcom County, 4 miles away
Meadows Campground, Okanogan County, 11 miles away
Holman Campground, Okanogan County, 12 miles away
Shady Campground, Chelan County, 12 miles away
Cougar Island Campground, Whatcom County, 14 miles away
 Whitewater Near Mill Creek Trail:
Granite Creek, Skagit/whatcom County County , 3 miles away, Class IV-V(V+) - 4.6 miles long (Highway 20 to Beebe Creek)
Canyon Creek - Skagit Tributary, Whatcom County County , 3 miles away, Class IV-V - 6.7 miles long (Slate Creek to Granite Creek)
Granite Creek, Whatcom County County , 7 miles away, Class IV - 5 miles long (Beebe Creek to Panther Creek)
Stehekin River, Chelan County County , 16 miles away, Class II(IV) - 10 miles long (Agnes Creek to Lake Chelan)
Stetattle Creek, Whatcom County County , 24 miles away, Class IV(V) - 4 miles long (Jay Creek to Gorge Lake)
 Hotels Near Mill Creek Trail:
Sun Mountain Lodge, Winthrop , 41 miles away
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