Palisades Lake Trail

Palisades Lake Trail is a 9.44-mile out-and-back full hiking route in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. It climbs 1,399 ft to a high point of 6,127 ft. Difficulty: strenuous, from the NPS hiking-rating formula.

Palisades Lake Trail, Mount Rainier National Park
Photo: Peter Stevens · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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