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Hamilton Buttes Trail #118
On Hamilton Buttes, Goat Rocks
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May–Sep · highs 11–22 °C (52–72 °F)
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- M4°-4°274
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Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.
How we pick months
Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.
About this trail
On the south end, the Hamilton Buttes Trail climbs through scattered old growth and second growth forests before entering open fields on top where you get views of Mt. Adams and the Cispus River. The trail follows the ridge through several open meadows.
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Trail facts
- Length (signed)
- 9.5 km · 5.9 mi (OSM distance tag)
- Mapped length
- 9.5 km · 5.9 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain
- Hamilton Buttes (mountain, 1,730 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Goat Rocks (South Washington Cascades › Cascade Range; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 45 km N of Trout Lake (Klickitat County, Washington) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Gifford Pinchot National Forest
- Connects to
- Yozoo (at its start or end)
- Best months
- May–Sep
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Washington
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Regional route
- Ref
- 118
- Operator (OSM)
- U.S. Forest Service
- Route centre
- 46.3772, -121.6173
- Route start
- 46.3973, -121.6303
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 15638770
- Official info
- fs.usda.gov/recarea/giffordpinchot/recreation/hi
How it’s scored
Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.
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