Washington trails · Hidden Lakes
Hidden Lakes
A 21.6-mile point-to-point in Washington, with 1,842 ft of climbing. Reaches Eightmile Pass and other lake/pass destinations. Managed by the U.S. Forest Service.
Elevation profile
The climbing leans toward the middle third: 45% of the ascent falls between mile 7.2 and mile 14.4. It gives back about 2,998 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Eightmile Pass (pass)
- Island Lake (lake)
- Big Hidden Lake (lake)
- Lucky Pass (pass)
- Middle Hidden Lake (lake)
- First Hidden Lake (lake)
- Hidden Lakes (lake)
- Cougar Lake (lake)
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Getting there
BILLYGOAT - UPPER — parking nearby, restroom, water. About 2 h 30 min drive (72 mi, 17 of them unpaved) from Omak. 48.78432, -120.31781 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 6:48 a.m., the sun rises at 7:19 a.m. and sets at 6:13 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 6:45 p.m. (PDT) — 10 h 54 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 21.6-mile route takes roughly 8 h 55 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 4:15 p.m. — 1 h 59 min before sunset.
Loop options
- Hidden Lakes — 7.8 mi loop, 2,055 ft gain
Nearby trails
- Larch Creek Trail — 0.0 mi
- Larch Creek — 0.0 mi
- Buckskin Ridge — 16.4 mi
- Pct - Methow Valley — 26.6 mi