Silver Lake Way Trail
Strenuous · Out-and-back · 14.8 mi round trip · 2,821 ft gain · 6 h 15 min–8 h 45 min
Parking: not reported today
A long, demanding day; experienced hikers in good shape. No bikes.
7.4 mi one way · high point 5,647 ft · time at a steady pace without breaks
Elevation from USGS; 2,817–5,647 ft. Open the map.
No hiker reports in the last 3 days. Be the first to report here
What you need
No bikes No fee dogs, accessibility: not recorded yet
Toilets and trash not confirmed here. Pack out what you pack in.
Getting there
Starts at Mount Townsend Lower Trailhead · Olympic Peninsula · 2 other trails start here. Also reachable from Mount Townsend Upper Trailhead
Navigate to the trailhead: Google Maps · Apple Maps · coordinates 47.85821, -123.01836
Right now
Weather and road conditions
- Today: Partly Sunny, 55°F, 1% precip, wind 3 mph
- Tonight: Partly Cloudy, 46°F, 1% precip, wind 1 to 5 mph
- Tuesday: Mostly Sunny, 54°F, wind 5 mph
Daylight: Sunset 6:43 pm · 4 h 26 min of daylight left
Air: Good (AQI 19, PM2.5 3.5 µg/m³) at the Port Townsend-San Juan monitor, 35 km away AirNow
Snow: 5″ snow at Dungeness (3,990 ft, 4.8 km away) station
Typical year: normally snow-free now · usually melted out by about Apr 30 · typical peak Mar 15
No reports in the last 3 days.
All conditions and reports at Mount Townsend Lower Trailhead
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