Washington hiking trails - North Fork Taneum Trail, Northern Cascade Range, Kittitas County

   
  North Fork Taneum Trail is a long trip away from Ellensburg, but it's one of those sites where backcountry backpacking is magnificent. Alright, enough of spending all this time inside a building, time to get out, and North Fork Taneum Trail in Kittitas County, Washington is the great outdoors at its best. Hiking trails are perfect and plentiful in Washington; one of them being North Fork Taneum Trail in Kittitas County. Being 18 miles long; it's a long wilderness trail. Here in the perfect state of Washington backcountry trekking is a tremendous idea.
    All the water falling down from the sky makes North Fork Taneum Trail a wet place; during January this area sees the most snow while July is typically the driest month. North Fork Taneum Trail has only one trailhead, so you're looking at an in and out walk. Different parts of this
wilderness trail are at very different elevations which of course means you need to be prepared for different conditions on different parts of the wilderness trail. Every hiking and backpacking trail in Washington has its own unique prettiness. The total elevation difference for North Fork Taneum Trail is 2,630 feet, and that is higher than average. There are so many hiking and backpacking trails in this neighborhood. North Fork Taneum Trail is many miles long with an average amount of climbing distance which makes this a very tough hiking and backpacking  
trail for advanced backcountry walkers looking for a splendid challenge. This part of Washington is always a joy to pop by during hiking season. North Fork Taneum Trail is quite long, so make sure you bring plenty of supplies. Summer at North Fork Taneum Trail arrives with high temperatures in the 60's. Throughout the dark hours of summer temperatures descend down into the 40's. Throughout the wintertime this place gets highs in the 20's, and winter nights come with lows in the 10's to North Fork Taneum Trail. This backcountry walk should take you about 2.5 days, so make sure you've got all your overnight gear packed. These trails here in the Northern Cascade Range are the best way to enjoy these hills. And keep in mind that there could be temporary safety restrictions in place.

Briefly about the general area:
North Fork Taneum Trail is wonderful enough to spend more than a day at, Kaner Flat Campground is a wonderful local campground, and why not stop at close by Butte Creek if you're here at North Fork Taneum Trail. Get yourself into a kayak and hit Little Naches River, and if you desire a little side spree, try Windy Pass.
Having a perfect time at North Fork Taneum Trail is uncomplicated. If you're here at North Fork Taneum Trail, you could check out Disappointment Creek, and Hereford Meadow is a great spot to check out. But wait, there's more entertaining stuff to do in the Northern Cascade Range. Dry Meadow is a great spot, and do put some time aside to spend at Cedar Spring if you're here at North Fork Taneum Trail. Not enough hours in a day to enjoy the Northern Cascade Range. There's so much to do here at North Fork Taneum Trail that you need to camp here for a while, Little Naches Campground is a great site for that.
Drift down the rapids of Cle Elum River in a kayak, and a visit to Horsetail Falls will fill your spirit with tremendous feelings.

Location of Trailhead: Latitude 47.1263, Longitude -121.0005
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Total in and out hiking length = 18 miles

Total climbing distance = 7.1 miles

Difficulty : Difficult

Casual Hiking Pace: 2.5 days

Fast Hiking Pace: 1.5 days

Total elevation difference: 2630 feet


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 Trails Near North Fork Taneum Trail:
Hicks Butte Trail, Kittitas County County , 2 miles away, 1.4 hiking miles, 271 feet elevation difference
Manastash Ridge Trail, Kittitas County County , 3 miles away, 4.2 hiking miles, 798 feet elevation difference
Quartz Creek Trail, Kittitas County County , 4 miles away, 6.6 hiking miles, 3413 feet elevation difference
Little Creek Basin Trail, Kittitas County County , 4 miles away,  8.2 hiking miles, 1369 feet elevation difference
Kaner Flat Trail, Kittitas County County , 5 miles away, 7.3 hiking miles, 4400 feet elevation difference
Frost Mountain Lookout Trail, Kittitas County County , 5 miles away, 4.6 hiking miles, 2361 feet elevation difference
North Ridge Trail, Kittitas County County , 5 miles away, 8.2 hiking miles, 3519 feet elevation difference
 Camp Grounds Near North Fork Taneum Trail:
Little Naches Campground, Kittitas County, 6 miles away
Kaner Flat Campground, Kittitas County, 6 miles away
Halfway Flat Campground II, Yakima County, 6 miles away
Halfway Flat Campground I, Kittitas County, 6 miles away
Sawmill Flat Campground, Yakima County, 7 miles away
 Whitewater Near North Fork Taneum Trail:
Cle Elum River, Kittitas County County , 5 miles away, Class II - 7.8 miles long (Cle Elum Dam to confluence with Yakima River)
Little Naches River, Yakima/Kittitas County County , 7 miles away, Class II-III+(IV) - 9.5 miles long (Matthew Creek to Little Naches Campground)
American River, Yakima County County , 8 miles away, Class II+ - 5 miles long (American Forks to Sawmill Flat)
American River, Yakima County County , 12 miles away, Class III-IV - 4.7 miles long (Hell's Crossing to American Forks)
Cle Elum River, Kittitas County County , 13 miles away, Class II - 4 miles long (Salmon La Sac Creek to Cle Elum Reservoir)
 National Parks Near North Fork Taneum Trail:
Mount Rainier National Park, Ashford - WA , 65 miles away
 Hotels Near North Fork Taneum Trail:
Suncadia Resort, Cle Elum , 7 miles away
Stewart Lodge, Cle Elum , 9 miles away
Best Western Snowcap Lodge, Cle Elum , 9 miles away
Howard Johnson Snoqualmie/Summit, Snoqualmie Pass , 27 miles away
Hampton Inn Ellensburg, Ellensburg , 34 miles away
 Lakes Near North Fork Taneum Trail
Taneum Lake, Kittitas County , 3 miles away

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