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Lime Kiln Trail

15 May 2021 • 11.8 km / 7.3 mi (map)

  • Added to Eric Scouten :: Travel on 27 June 2021
  • Washington 75

I hiked the Lime Kiln Trail, east of Granite Falls, in mid-May.

This popular trail mostly follows an old railroad grade that was used for mining something like 100 years ago.

A weathered wooden trail sign carved with distances reads “Robe Canyon Historic Park 1.0 mile, Everett & Monte Cristo Rwy. 1.6, Lime Kiln 2.6, River Shore Loop, Trail End 3.4,” with a faded red “Gate Closes” sign below it, surrounded by lush green ferns and a dirt trail in a forest.
A narrow wooden plank footbridge with a weathered timber handrail crosses a small rocky creek, leading to a dirt hiking trail on a forested slope. Lush green ferns and undergrowth surround the bridge, dappled with midday sunlight on the Lime Kiln Trail near Granite Falls, Washington.
A large fallen tree trunk with a weathered, sculptural root ball arches across a dirt hiking trail, forming a natural archway in a lush green forest. Moss-draped trees, ferns, and dense undergrowth surround the sun-dappled path along the Lime Kiln Trail near Granite Falls, Washington.
A lush, dense green forest of conifers and leafy deciduous trees seen from an elevated vantage, with a calm, pale green-blue river visible through the foliage below. Moss covers some of the tree trunks and bright midday sunlight filters through the canopy.
A dense evergreen forest of conifers and bright green deciduous trees descends a hillside toward a greenish, calm river glimpsed through the foliage, under a deep blue sky.
A moss-covered fallen log with a splintered, weathered end lies at the edge of a gravel path, surrounded by lush green undergrowth of ferns and broad-leaved plants along the Lime Kiln Trail near Granite Falls, Washington.
A dirt hiking trail winds through a lush green forest of tall moss-covered conifers and leafy trees, with cut logs beside the path and bright sunlight under a clear blue sky.

A few miles in to the trail, you can see the remains of the kiln that had been used to produce lime for nearby construction projects.

Bright green ferns and clumps of moss grow out of a weathered, moss-covered stone wall beside a dirt path, with a dark recessed opening in the stonework to the right and foliage visible at the left edge.
A weathered stone arch opening into the dark interior of an old lime kiln, built from rough mossy and lichen-covered rocks with a curved brick-lined arch over a bare dirt floor. Bright green ferns grow in the lower left and moss drapes the upper stones along the Lime Kiln Trail near Granite Falls, Washington.
A moss-covered rock face draped with ferns rises along the left side of the frame, looking upward toward a canopy of bright green deciduous trees and conifers against a clear blue sky.
A bright green maidenhair fern grows from the weathered red brick and stone interior of an old arched lime kiln, its fronds spreading against the mossy, lichen-covered masonry along the Lime Kiln Trail near Granite Falls, Washington.
A moss-covered rotting log on the forest floor surrounded by lush green undergrowth, with small brown mushrooms growing on the moss and tiny white wildflowers scattered among the leaves, lit by bright midday sun.
A close-up of bright green fern fronds radiating outward from a central point, their fine-toothed leaflets arranged symmetrically along slender dark stems, with more ferns filling the shaded forest floor behind.

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east of Granite Falls, Washington · 11.8 km / 7.3 mi
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