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Heather Lake is a wet place that gets a great deal of precipitation; December is when you get the most rain here, and July is when it's the driest. Throughout the summertime months highs here at Heather Lake reach the 70's, and during the night it cools down to the 50's. The winter brings highs down to the 40's, and after the sun is down through the winter temperatures at Heather Lake fall into the 30's. This lake is so wonderful.
Yeah, come up here to the
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| | Northern Cascade Range for a magnificent time. The Ridge Trail is a good hiking trail in the vicinity of Heather Lake, and Forlorn Lakes Campground is a great local campground. There is a nice hiking trail near Heather Lake called the East Crater Trail; Lewis River - North Fork has a good whitewater paddling spot nearby. So much exciting stuff next to Heather Lake, absolutely mind-blowing. A pleasant spree to Indian Heaven is a perfect way to spend an afternoon, | |
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and in case you don’t have a problem getting covered with water, you can always go whitewater paddling on Rush Creek.
Going for a hike on the Falls Creek Trail is always a fine adventure, and not far from Heather Lake you'll hit
upon Dee Lake which is a wonderful lake. Be careful coming to the Northern Cascade Range, you might not ever want to return back home again. A fine close by hotel is Rodeway Inn Stevenson, and there are other places here than Heather
Lake, for example Thomas Lake. This lake is so wonderful. After a long day outdoors Skamania Lodge is a good spot to spend a night or two; why not camp at Cultus Creek Campground while you're here at Heather Lake.
The Northern Cascade Range scenery is always beautiful.
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Coordinates:
Latitude: 46.00528
Longitude: -121.8267
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| These outdoors activities are available near Heather Lake. |
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Ridge Trail, Skamania County, 3 miles away
3 hiking miles, 773 feet elevation difference |
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East Crater Trail, Skamania County, 5 miles away
11.2 hiking miles, 1609 feet elevation difference |
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Falls Creek Trail, Skamania County, 6 miles away
9.1 hiking miles, 2402 feet elevation difference |
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Rush Creek, Skamania CountyCounty, 6 miles away
Class V+ - 5 miles long (Meadow Creek to FR 90) |
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Dee Lake, Skamania CountyCounty, 0 miles away |
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Pacific Crest Trail - section 23
| 14 miles away
Roundtrip Distance 16 miles
Elevation Gain 2,620 ft.
This peak is trailless, meaning a portion or all of the route up the mountain is via an unmarked trail. For this particular mountain, the typical route is known as a ''herd path'' which is not much more than a worn, but unmarked trail. Some of the herd paths are easy to follow, others are not. In many instances the hiker will travel down a false herd path and eventually have to correct his/her course via backtracking. For these particular mountains, it is imperative that the hiker carry a compass (and know how to use it) and topographic map.... |
Table Mountain Trail
| 15 miles away
Hi, I have tried to climb this mountain, but the there are very little trail markers and the Columbian write ups on directions were not even close to actuality. I am trying to locate specific directions since there are several different forks. You have all these coordinates but if you don't have or use a GPS they are useless. Alas, you can't help me anymore than what's available out there, which is nothing really.... |
Little Ashes Lake
| 17 miles away
Since the previous post was negative, I was skeptical about fishing there. I sent a couple of hours fishing there at one of the few access spots to see how it fished. I was fortunate enough to land a trout about 27 inches long. Not to bad for a couple hours. Caught using a rooster tail spinner. Gotta give it a try....Little Ashes lake is a medium sized spillway from the Columbia River. There is not much public access to the lake. The lake is boundaried on the southwest side by Highway 14. and all the rest is Private property. No way to launch a boat, but I have float tubed it. There are no trails to hike around this lake. You won't want to swim in it since it is columbia river water. The fishing is unproductive as i fished it and never caught a single bass or trout, only sucker fish and perch. My advice is to just enjoy the sight of this lake, but venturing into it is a waste of time.... |
Herman Creek Trail
| 17 miles away
The Herman Creek Trail was constructed for foot access to the old site of a wartime lookout built to spot ballon bomb sent over by Japan. There were three cabins just past the cliff road and the end of the Herman Creek cut-off trail which statrted at seven and a half mile camp in what was once Cedder Swamp just below Mud Lake.... |
Kidney Lake
| 18 miles away
It's nice.... |
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15 miles away
16 miles away
