BREEZY HILL, ANCIENT LAKE, DUSTY LAKE
EVENT TYPE: Day hiking, mt biking, wandering
DISTANCE: About 2.2 miles RT
ELEVATION: 400’
DIFFICULTY: Moderately easy
MAPS: Monument Hill, Ephrata SW, and at nature.com/Washington
GPS: 47°09’36 N 119°58’50” W Trailhead
DISTANCE: About 2.2 miles RT
ELEVATION: 400’
DIFFICULTY: Moderately easy
MAPS: Monument Hill, Ephrata SW, and at nature.com/Washington
GPS: 47°09’36 N 119°58’50” W Trailhead
DESCRIPTION:
Breezy Hills from the air, looks like a shallow sea shore, that has an unusual pattern. The Great Floods shaped all the lands in the Washington Scablands. This area is gentle rolling steppes.
From the trailhead, hike S.E. For about 1.1 miles to the radio tower and back.
The premier season is spring, especially April and May. The steppe is loaded with wildflowers, sounds of birds, and solitude.
And if that doesn’t get you out there, this Nature Conservancy Preserve has a very special 6 to 8 inch Hedgehog Cacti. The cacti is worth the drive in its self.
From the trailhead, hike S.E. For about 1.1 miles to the radio tower and back.
The premier season is spring, especially April and May. The steppe is loaded with wildflowers, sounds of birds, and solitude.
And if that doesn’t get you out there, this Nature Conservancy Preserve has a very special 6 to 8 inch Hedgehog Cacti. The cacti is worth the drive in its self.
DIRECTIONS:
From Quincy, take Highway 28 towards Ephrata. After about 0.8 miles, turn left on Columbia Way SE / Road P NW. The road name changes along the way to Monument Hill Road NW and 3 miles from Highway 28, the paved road ends.
HAZARDS:
Rattlesnakes, and Badgers. Stay away from both of them.
COOL THINGS CLOSE BY:
Quincy Lakes, the Gorge Amphitheater, Frenchman Coulee, the Columbia River, Vantage, and the Petrified Forest.
R & P:
Lenny ‘s in Cheney
PLAN YOUR TRIP:
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