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Big Bend Natural Area–Landsburg Reach Natural Area, 6 sights is a 10.1-mile out-and-back in Cedar River Municipal Watershed near Noble, WA. The route passes Landsburg Reach Natural Area, Big Bend Natural Area and Cedar River. It climbs 520 ft. It scores 20/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi538 – 807 ft10.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 47.37400, -121.99890
Nearest town Noble, WA

Directions

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Big Bend Natural Area–Landsburg Reach Natural Area, 6 sights

10.1 mi · ▲ 520 ft · 3 hr 38 min

Elevation 538–805 ft

Out & Back · Cedar River Municipal Watershed

Trailhead: 47.37400, -121.99890

Weather Aug 3: Fog, high 77°F / low 49° · precip 0% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 5:50 AM · sunset 8:40 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Raven, heading N.
  2. 0.1 miTurn left onto Putnam Loop, heading N.
  3. 400 ftContinue straight onto Skunk, heading NE.
  4. 0.2 miPass Landsburg Reach Natural Area.
  5. 200 ftTurn right onto Cedar River Pipeline Road, heading E.
  6. 0.1 miPass Big Bend Natural Area.
  7. 1.1 miPass Cedar River.
  8. 0.8 miTurn right onto Pole Line Road, heading E.
  9. 1.1 miBear left, heading E.
  10. 1.2 miTurn left onto Trude Road, heading SE.
  11. 0.4 miReach Big Bend Natural Area, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
  13. 1.2 miBear right onto Pole Line Road, heading SW.
  14. 1.1 miTurn left onto Cedar River Pipeline Road, heading W.
  15. 2 miTurn left onto Skunk Trail, heading W.
  16. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Putnam Loop, heading S.
  17. 400 ftTurn right onto Raven, heading SW.
  18. 250 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

26% gravel74% unspecified

Weather

FogTemperature 77°F49°
Precip0%Wind4 mphUV7Humidity51%
Hourly temperature
80°45°
Sunrise 5:50 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:40 PM
Tue 85°54°
Wed 91°58°
Thu 90°57°
Fri 83°52°
Sat 82°51°
Sun 83°52°

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.4 mi in (~10 min). Leave by 8:10 PM for the 8:40 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:05 PM — 11 min before dark.

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Good to know

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