GINKGO PETRIFIED FOREST
EVENT TYPE: Hiking
DISTANCE: 8 miles RT, 856 ft Ascent
ELEVATION: 640’
DIFFICULTY: Moderate with some exposure for a short section
MAPS: Ginkgo State Park. 509.856.2290
GPS: 46.95490243707056, -119.98802785567764
RANGER DISTRICT: Washington State Parks Gingko Petrified Forest
KITTITAS COUNTY SHERIFF: CALL 911 FIRST or 509.962.7525
DISTANCE: 8 miles RT, 856 ft Ascent
ELEVATION: 640’
DIFFICULTY: Moderate with some exposure for a short section
MAPS: Ginkgo State Park. 509.856.2290
GPS: 46.95490243707056, -119.98802785567764
RANGER DISTRICT: Washington State Parks Gingko Petrified Forest
KITTITAS COUNTY SHERIFF: CALL 911 FIRST or 509.962.7525
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The best time of year to come here is in the spring before it gets too hot and the ticks come out. There are numerous natural wonders including the Great Floods and the Columbia River Basalt Group lava flows.
The best time of year to come here is in the spring before it gets too hot and the ticks come out. There are numerous natural wonders including the Great Floods and the Columbia River Basalt Group lava flows.
DIRECTIONS
From Spokane take I-90 west about two hours and 15 minutes going past the Wild Horse Monument and across the Columbia River to the Vantage exit 136. We hiked cross country on the north side of town from the Rocky Coulee Recreation Area trail head.
COOL THINGS CLOSE BY:
Gorge Amphitheater, Wild Horse Monument, Climbing at Frenchman Coulee
HAZARDS:
There are sections of the trail where you have to side hill for a mile or so. Short sections have some exposure. This is a sunny and windy place, so bring lots of water. I hydrate 24 hours prior to any hot dry long day and I carry two liters of water if there is no water source along the route.
DO NOT FILTER THE SCABS OPEN WATER. THE LAKES AND STREAMS ARE FULL OF AGRICULTURE RUNOFF.
DO NOT FILTER THE SCABS OPEN WATER. THE LAKES AND STREAMS ARE FULL OF AGRICULTURE RUNOFF.
R & P:
Michael's Market & Bistro in Moses Lake
PHOTO GALLERY
ROCK WREN
COYOTE SKELETON?
SPOKANE MOUNTAINEERS DAY HIKE LED BY TYLER NYMAN
LARKSPUR
OVERLOOKING I-90 WHERE IT CROSSES THE COLUMBIA RIVER AT VANTAGE
BIGHORN SHEEP
BIGHORN SHEEP
AMERICAN KESTREL
PETRIFIED LOG
PETRIFIED WOOD
PETRIFIED WOOD
DEATH CAMAS
SIMPSON HEDGEHOG CACTUS
SIMPSON HEDGEHOG CACTUS
