Port Gamble Forest Heritage Park
Beaver Pond Viewpoint–Beaver Pond, 8 sights
12.5 mi · ▲ 1,520 ft · 4 hr 56 min
Beaver Pond Viewpoint–Beaver Pond, 8 sights is a 12.5-mile out-and-back in Port Gamble Forest Heritage Park near Breidablick, WA. The route reaches Beaver Pond Viewpoint at the turnaround, 6.3 miles in. It climbs 1,520 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Beaver Pond Viewpoint–Beaver Pond, 8 sights
12.5 mi · ▲ 1,520 ft · 4 hr 56 min
Elevation 37–469 ft
Out & Back · Port Gamble Forest Heritage Park
Trailhead: Millie's Trail · 47.78582, -122.62813
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 76°F / low 56° · precip 0% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 5:52 AM · sunset 8:43 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Millie's Trail, heading SE.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading N.
- 200 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.7 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 400 ftBear right, heading N.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Coyote, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Clearcut Trails, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Big Rose, heading NE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Cut-Off, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Mordor, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Lower Mirkwood, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
- 1.2 miContinue straight onto Secret Squirrel, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftSharp left onto E.T., heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Ewok - ET, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Ewok Climb Trail, heading N.
- 500 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Ranger, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Mycelium, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading E.
- 250 ftBear right onto Beaver Pond, heading E.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.1 miReach Beaver Pond Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading SW.
- 300 ftTurn right onto Mycelium, heading W.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Ranger, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Ewok Climb Trail, heading SW.
- 500 ftTurn right onto Ewok - ET, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto E.T., heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
- 500 ftSharp right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Secret Squirrel, heading S.
- 1.2 miBear right onto Lower Mirkwood, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Mordor, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Cut-Off, heading S.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Big Rose, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Clearcut Trails, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Coyote, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading S.
- 350 ftSharp right, heading S.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Millie's Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.1 mi in (~39 min). Leave by 7:44 PM for the 8:43 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:29 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from Millie's Trail Trailhead
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- Bobsled–Hyper Space Trail, 4 sights 4.4 mi · ▲ 699 ft
- Alders–Big Rose, 4 sights 5.3 mi · ▲ 583 ft
- Big Rose–Clearcut Trails, 6 sights 7 mi · ▲ 904 ft
- Forbidden Forest–Fortnight, 4 sights 11.5 mi · ▲ 896 ft
- Port Gamble Forest Heritage Park Viewpoint–Beaver Pond, 8 sights 12.4 mi · ▲ 1,520 ft
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