Kamiak Butte County Park — Attraction in Pullman

A beautiful country park, which has decent parking, great picnic benches and grills. Ample trash cans to dispose waste and even a water fountain with a tap to fill bottles. The picnic area is next to the parking lot and has restrooms as well that are well kept, and the message board has information on the activities and loop trail around. The trail is known as pine loop trail 3.4mikes round trip with 900ft elevation and starts right across the restrooms. The trail is very beautiful and is a little bit easier to do in the anticlockwise fashion. If you are one of those who like to do the tough part first then I would suggest to do it clockwise, as out group did. The trail offers 2 major vista points, for which you have to take a small detour from the trail. One of the vista points which comes first when the trail is done in clockwise direction is called vista point and does have clear signage. The other overlook is at the true summit which is part of what is called as the primitive trail. Inorder to get to the summit, take the primitive trail, when you hit the junction, this primitive trail climbs up and provides nice views of the horizon. You can then either continue onwards from the summit on the primitive trail (which is ranked difficult) which eventually joins the pine loop trail later on it's descent or come back to the junction and continue the pine loop trail. Which then starts to descend gradually. We had to come back to the junction because the primitive trail was closed. The trail was adorned with sunflowers and wildflowers when we visited it in July 2020 and is known to be one of the 100 must visit trails in Washington. If you are doing this trail, do not miss to visit the Steptoe Butte county park , which is about 30-45 mins away by car, and is best to be visited to witness sunset from...

I give the Pine Loop Trail five stars for the early December hike I enjoyed with my dog on a Tuesday late morning. There was a chill in the air and dense fog hanging like a curtain between the trees. Every blade of grass, leaf, and tree was coated in thick, white frost that brought out the beautiful patterns of nature. I was stunned. While fog obstructed any view of the surrounding farmland, hiking to the top was well worth the frosted wonderland I came upon. My dog and I heard a lone coyote yipping from the plains below and we encountered a flock of gamebirds that exploded out the trees.

This park has a bathroom at the trailhead, picnic areas, and two additional, longer primitive trail loops that do not allow dogs, but provide an option for those seeking longer hikes. The park was clean and it was so thoughtful how additional pet waste cans were placed a ways in on the hike since it's common for many pups to get excited and potty a few paces into the hike when you don't want to go back to the trailhead. The park also supplies doo doo bags. There is no fee, but donations...

The park is nice with options for day use and camping area for a fee ($5 if I remember correctly). There is an easy hike called the vista and a difficult loop trail (Pine Ridge). Honestly speaking, the trail is not well maintained especially if you start from the west side. It is sometimes difficult to know where you are going unless there are some people coming in the opposite direction.

The trail to the east is very well maintained but it us quite narrow and steep so one must be careful. There is an additional segment called the summited ridge trail but I did not hike on that. The loop itself was measured by my phone to be 2.5 miles although it is advertised as 3.5 miles. Maybe, that is including the summit ridge trail.

We did see a couple of green snakes (do not know the species) crossing the trail and running into the forest. Overall, despite that and lack of maintenance, it was a hike of moderate difficulty. Although the views are nice, I still believe elk creek or Moscow mountains is a much...