Washington hiking trails - Minnie Meadows Trail, Northern Cascade Range, Yakima County

   
  Time to get out, and breathe some fresh air, and Minnie Meadows Trail in Yakima County, Washington is a great place to go. Every Washington backcountry trail has its own character. Washington has plenty of pleasant backcountry trails; among these are Minnie Meadows Trail in Yakima County. Washington has so much to offer the great outdoors lovers. Don’t forget to check for any current restrictions or closures before you go. 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. This is a long great outdoors hiking trail, so do pack enough food to last the whole trip. The great outdoors hiking trails of the Northern Cascade Range are a glorious way to explore these mountaintops. Being 6.6 miles long it's an average
length backpacking trail. Minnie Meadows Trail has two trailheads which means you have the option of backcountry hiking it one way if you have someone to pick you up at the other end. Rather far from Ellensburg you locate Minnie Meadows Trail, but what a great place for backcountry trekking it is. Summertime highs at Minnie Meadows Trail mostly tend to be in the 60's while nighttime lows are typically in the 40's. All through the wintertime the highs are typically in the 30's, and nighttime lows at Minnie Meadows Trail through the wintertime typically drop  
into the 10's. Minnie Meadows Trail gets a lot of water; January is the month that gets the most snow while July is regularly the driest month. Minnie Meadows Trail has a total elevation difference of 2,418 feet which is about average. The time needed for this backcountry hike is roughly 6 hours, but you never know stuff could go wrong and you could get stuck so be prepared for that. When you're here in Washington hiking along one of its backcountry trails is so much fun. There are so many backpacking and hiking trails in this vicinity. Minnie Meadows Trail is a mid-length great outdoors hiking trail having an average number of uphill miles which makes it a glorious backpacking and hiking trail for experienced backcountry trekkers in pleasant shape.

Briefly about the general area:
Why not have a look at close by Bear Creek while you're here at Minnie Meadows Trail; a pleasant trip to Minnie Meadows is a magnificent way to spend an afternoon.
If you're here at Minnie Meadows Trail, you could visit Discovery Creek; you can stay the night at Rimrock Public Campground and Boat Landing. You'll really wish for more hours in a day to enjoy all the enjoyable things in the Northern Cascade Range. There's whitewater on Tieton River - South Fork for all you adrenaline people; Grey Creek Campground is a wonderful campground nearby.

Location of Trailhead 1: Latitude 46.5618, Longitude -121.2526
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Location of Trailhead 2: Latitude 46.5566, Longitude -121.3111
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Trailhead 1 to Trailhead 2:
Total hiking length = 3.3 miles
Total climbing distance = 2.6 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace: 3.5 hours
Fast Hiking Pace: 2 hours

Trailhead 2 to Trailhead 1:
Total hiking length = 3.3 miles
Total climbing distance = .1 miles
Difficulty : Easy
Casual Hiking Pace: 2 hours
Fast Hiking Pace: 1 hours
    Trailhead 1 back to Trailhead 1:
Total hiking length = 6.6 miles
Total climbing distance = 2.7 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace: 6 hours
Fast Hiking Pace: 3.5 hours

Trailhead 2 back to Trailhead 2:
Total hiking length = 6.6 miles
Total climbing distance = 2.7 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace: 6 hours
Fast Hiking Pace: 3.5 hours

Total elevation difference: 2418 feet


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 Trails Near Minnie Meadows Trail:
Bear Creek Mountain Trail, Yakima County County , 3 miles away, 15.9 hiking miles, 2593 feet elevation difference
Tieton Meadows Trail, Yakima County County , 4 miles away, 5.5 hiking miles, 3251 feet elevation difference
Hogback Trail, Yakima County County , 5 miles away, 7.7 hiking miles, 2654 feet elevation difference
Big Peak Trail, Yakima County County , 6 miles away,  11 hiking miles, 2631 feet elevation difference
Ironstone Mountain Trail, Yakima County County , 6 miles away,  7.6 hiking miles, 2130 feet elevation difference
North Fork Tieton Trail, Yakima County County , 6 miles away,  13.8 hiking miles, 2100 feet elevation difference
McAllister Trail, Yakima County County , 6 miles away,  4.2 hiking miles, 686 feet elevation difference
 Camp Grounds Near Minnie Meadows Trail:
Grey Creek Campground, Yakima County, 4 miles away
Rimrock Public Campground and Boat Landing, Yakima County, 7 miles away
Twelve West Resort, Naches, 8 miles away
White Pass Campground, Yakima County, 8 miles away
Knuppenburg Lake Campground, Lewis County, 10 miles away
 Whitewater Near Minnie Meadows Trail:
Tieton River - South Fork, Yakima County County , 7 miles away, Class IV(V+) - 5.7 miles long (Grey Creek Campground to Rimrock Lake)
 National Parks Near Minnie Meadows Trail:
Mount Rainier National Park, Ashford - WA , 49 miles away
 Hotels Near Minnie Meadows Trail:
Suncadia Resort, Cle Elum , 36 miles away
Stewart Lodge, Cle Elum , 38 miles away
Best Western Snowcap Lodge, Cle Elum , 38 miles away
Howard Johnson Snoqualmie/Summit, Snoqualmie Pass , 42 miles away
Best Western Hood River Inn, Hood River , 43 miles away
 Lakes Near Minnie Meadows Trail
Clear Lake, Yakima County , 3 miles away
Diamond Lake, Yakima County , 5 miles away

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