Royal Basin Trail
Strenuous · Out-and-back · 15.6 mi round trip · 3,395 ft gain · 6 h–8 h 30 min
Parking: not reported today
Walter Siegmund (talk) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Walter Siegmund (talk) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Walter Siegmund (talk) · CC BY-SA 3.0A long, demanding day; experienced hikers in good shape.
7.8 mi one way · high point 5,728 ft · time at a steady pace without breaks
Elevation from USGS; 2,495–5,728 ft. Open the map.
No hiker reports in the last 3 days. Be the first to report here
What you need
Fee or pass required Toilets dogs, accessibility, bikes: not recorded yet
Toilets and trash not confirmed here. Pack out what you pack in.
In Olympic National Park. Entrance fee $30 per vehicle (7 days) or an America the Beautiful pass, card only at the gate. Day hikes need no permit; overnight stays need a wilderness permit. Rules, fees and closures change. Check the official park site before you go. Official: conditions · roads · fees · permits.
Getting there
Starts at Dungeness River Trailhead · Olympic Peninsula · 4 other trails start here
Navigate to the trailhead: Google Maps · Apple Maps · coordinates 47.87754, -123.13730
Right now
Weather and road conditions
- Overnight: Partly Cloudy, 50°F, wind 3 mph
- Monday: Partly Sunny, 63°F, 1% precip, wind 3 mph
- Monday Night: Partly Cloudy, 47°F, 1% precip, wind 3 mph
Daylight: Sunrise 7:18 am · sunset 6:42 pm
Air: Good (AQI 18, PM2.5 3.3 µg/m³) at the Port Angeles-E 5th St monitor, 35 km away AirNow
Snow: 5″ snow at Dungeness (3,990 ft, 4.4 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 Dungeness River Trailhead
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