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| | Hey, time for a backcountry hike don’t you think? Swamp Lake Trail in Yakima County, Washington is a tremendous place for getting out. This part of Washington has a brilliant deal of available outdoors pastimes. Hiking and backpacking trails are perfect and plentiful in Washington, and Swamp Lake Trail is one of them, and it's in Yakima County. Every great outdoors trail in Washington is charming in its own way. This is one of many backpacking trails in the surrounding area. This trek shouldn't take more than 6 hours, but you never know stuff could go wrong |
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and you could get stuck so be prepared for that. Please follow all local rules about fires and camping. Swamp Lake Trail goes through some very different elevations, and that means that some parts of the hiking trail could be very different from other parts of it. A good deal of
| | precipitation falls at Swamp Lake Trail; most of the rain falls all through January; July meanwhile is the driest month. Being 7.2 miles long it's a mid length trek. This is a hiking and backpacking trail that is quite long, so do pack enough food to last the whole trip. This is a one trailhead hiking trail, so you're looking at an in and out backcountry hike. Swamp Lake Trail has a total elevation difference of 1,563 feet, and that is about average. Hiking here in the Northern Cascade Range is a really magnificent way to spend quality time in the great | |
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outdoors. Swamp Lake Trail is very far from the closest full-size city, and trekking along this wilderness trail is very amusing. Summertime brings highs in the 70's to Swamp Lake Trail with night lows in the 40's. During the winter the highs are usually in the 30's; night lows
at Swamp Lake Trail during the winter usually fall into the 20's. This wilderness hiking trail is a normal length wilderness hiking trail having an average number of uphill miles which makes it a tremendous backpacking trail for experienced backcountry trekkers in magnificent shape.
When you're here in Washington backcountry trekking along one of its great outdoors trails is so much fun.
Briefly about the general area:
Chinook Creek is a perfect whitewater spot near Swamp Lake Trail. Red Rock Creek is next to Swamp Lake Trail and is always a bliss
to stop by; a fine place for whitewater paddling is American River.
You'll truly wish for more hours in a day to enjoy all the cool things in the Northern Cascade Range. There's so much to do here at Swamp Lake Trail that you need to camp here for a while, Morse Creek Campground
is a wonderful location for that; why not take a little visit to Cougar Creek since you're here. If you came to camp Lodgepole Campground is a good place to do that; do set aside some time for Big Basin while you're here at Swamp Lake Trail.
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Location of Trailhead: Latitude 46.8288, Longitude -121.3824
- - Directions and Road Map
Total in and out hiking length = 7.2 miles
Total climbing distance = 2.8 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace:
6 hours
Fast Hiking Pace:
4 hours
Total elevation difference: 1563 feet
Howard Johnson Snoqualmie/Summit, Snoqualmie Pass
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28 miles away
On Snoqualmie Pass, The only hotel on the mountain, Outdoor Heated Swimming pool, Indoor Hot Tub and Sauna. Ski across the street - 4 mountains to ski from. Free Shuttle Service to all Base Areas at ...
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Suncadia Resort, Cle Elum
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34 miles away
Set on the sunny eastern slopes of the Cascades alongside the sparkling waters of the Cle Elum River and surrounded by pristine pine forest-Suncadia offers the ultimate luxury mountain resort experien...
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User input for Swamp Lake Trail, Northern Cascade Range, Yakima County, Washington:
Outdoors Recreation Near Ellensburg, Washington
Very comprehensive list of a variety of outdoors recreation in the vicinity of Ellensburg, Washington, the metro area neareast to Swamp Lake Trail. Find info on campgrounds, hiking trails, ski resorts, lakes, beaches, parks, whitewater and more.
More Hotels and Campgrounds Near Swamp Lake Trail, Northern Cascade Range, Yakima County, Washington
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| These outdoors activities are available near Swamp Lake Trail. |
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Dewey Lake Trail, Yakima County
County
, 3 miles away, 12 hiking miles, 1557 feet elevation difference |
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Bumping Lake Trail, Yakima County
County
, 3 miles away, 18.2 hiking miles, 792 feet elevation difference |
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Jug Lake Trail, Lewis County
County
, 4 miles away, 13.4 hiking miles, 1307 feet elevation difference |
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Twin Sisters Trail, Yakima County
County
, 5 miles away, 7.4 hiking miles, 1307 feet elevation difference |
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Union Creek Trail, Yakima County
County
, 5 miles away, 7.9 hiking miles, 3404 feet elevation difference |
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Lake Trail, Lewis County
County
, 6 miles away, 10.8 hiking miles, 1640 feet elevation difference |
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Kincaid Trail, Lewis County
County
, 6 miles away, 15 hiking miles, 2899 feet elevation difference |
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| | Whitewater Near Swamp Lake Trail:
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American River, -blank- County
County
, 8 miles away, Class II-III+ - 7.5 miles long (Lodgepole Campground to Hell's Crossing) |
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Chinook Creek, Pierce County
County
, 9 miles away, Class IV-V - 5 miles long (Deer Creek to Cedar Flats) |
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Summit Creek, Lewis County
County
, 10 miles away, Class V+ - 5 miles long (Soda Springs to Highway 123) |
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Cowlitz River - Clear Fork, Lewis County
County
, 12 miles away, Class V+ - 5 miles long (Lava Creek to La Wis Wis Campground) |
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Ohanepecosh River, Lewis County
County
, 13 miles away, Class V - 4.7 miles long (Ohanepecosh Campground to La Wis Wis Campground) |
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| | Hotels Near Swamp Lake Trail:
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Howard Johnson Snoqualmie/Summit, Snoqualmie Pass
, 28 miles away |
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Suncadia Resort, Cle Elum
, 34 miles away |
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Stewart Lodge, Cle Elum
, 36 miles away |
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Best Western Snowcap Lodge, Cle Elum
, 36 miles away |
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Kings Valu Inn, Enumclaw
, 42 miles away |
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36 miles away
