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.
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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
- Start on Raven, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Putnam Loop, heading N.
- 400 ftContinue straight onto Skunk, heading NE.
- 0.2 miPass Landsburg Reach Natural Area.
- 200 ftTurn right onto Cedar River Pipeline Road, heading E.
- 0.1 miPass Big Bend Natural Area.
- 1.1 miPass Cedar River.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Pole Line Road, heading E.
- 1.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 1.2 miTurn left onto Trude Road, heading SE.
- 0.4 miReach Big Bend Natural Area, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 1.2 miBear right onto Pole Line Road, heading SW.
- 1.1 miTurn left onto Cedar River Pipeline Road, heading W.
- 2 miTurn left onto Skunk Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Putnam Loop, heading S.
- 400 ftTurn right onto Raven, heading SW.
- 250 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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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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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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