Port Gamble Forest Heritage Park
Port Gamble Forest Heritage Park Viewpoint & Beaver Pond
3.1 mi · ▲ 469 ft · 1 hr 16 min
Port Gamble Forest Heritage Park Viewpoint & Beaver Pond is a 3.1-mile out-and-back in Port Gamble Forest Heritage Park near Port Gamble, WA. The route reaches Port Gamble Forest Heritage Park Viewpoint at the turnaround, 1.6 miles in. It climbs 469 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Port Gamble Forest Heritage Park Viewpoint & Beaver Pond
3.1 mi · ▲ 469 ft · 1 hr 16 min
Elevation 37–409 ft
Out & Back · Port Gamble Forest Heritage Park
Trailhead: Petrichor · 47.83704, -122.60162
Weather Aug 3: Overcast, high 70°F / low 49° · precip 0% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 5:50 AM · sunset 8:44 PM
- Start on Petrichor, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Spur Road, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right onto Petrichor, heading N.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 300 ftBear right onto Beaver Pond, heading E.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading E.
- 350 ftReach Port Gamble Forest Heritage Park Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Mycelium, heading S.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 200 ftTurn left onto Petrichor, heading W.
- 200 ftBear left onto Spur Road, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Petrichor, heading NW.
- 300 ftArrive 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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The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 8:24 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 8:44 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 9:20 PM.
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