Seattle: Hamilton Buttes
Grab shotgun views of four volcanoes on this lonely 6.2-mile out-and-back in Gifford Pinchot National Forest.
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Trail Facts
- Distance: 5.0
Waypoints
HBT001
Location: 46.3971977233887, -121.630874633789
Head E from parking lot
HBT002
Location: 46.3973121643066, -121.630340576172
In a few bootstrides, veer R onto Trail 118
HBT003
Location: 46.3921661376953, -121.626823425293
Lazy riverbed views unravel W across Cat Creek
HBT004
Location: 46.3899345397949, -121.625549316406
Trail leads into a rocky, open meadow stained red in spring and summer with Indian paintbrush
HBT005
Location: 46.3891906738281, -121.62516784668
Far off to S is Mt. Hood in Oregon
HBT006
Location: 46.3870315551758, -121.620979309082
Trail swerves into forest and climbs toward ridge
HBT007
Location: 46.3837928771973, -121.608589172363
L onto Trail 109A
HBT008
Location: 46.3896484375, -121.613426208496
On ridgeline, turn R and zigzag E
HBT009
Location: 46.3892936706543, -121.609519958496
Views of Mt. Rainier begin to appear
HBT010
Location: 46.3892860412598, -121.60799407959
The best eye candy is of Mt. Adams, with its snowy dome commanding the horizon
HBT011
Location: 46.3899421691894, -121.606239318848
Tabletop summit of Hamilton Buttes. Enjoy traces of an old fire lookout and full-circle views of the Cascade Range. Return to trailhead