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Big Bend Natural Area–Landsburg Reach Natural Area, 6 sights is a 14.7-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 959 ft. It scores 10/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi509 – 1,102 ft14.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Cedar River Pipeline Road 47.37800, -122.00765
Nearest town Noble, WA

Directions

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

14.7 mi · ▲ 959 ft · 5 hr 23 min

Elevation 510–1,102 ft

Out & Back · Cedar River Municipal Watershed

Trailhead: Cedar River Pipeline Road · 47.37800, -122.00765

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Cedar River Pipeline Road, heading NE.
  2. 0.5 miPass Landsburg Reach Natural Area.
  3. 0.2 miPass Big Bend Natural Area.
  4. 1.1 miPass Cedar River.
  5. 0.8 miTurn right onto Pole Line Road, heading E.
  6. 4.4 miTurn right, heading E.
  7. 0.3 miTurn right onto Anacortes Road, heading S.
  8. 0.1 miReach Big Bend Natural Area, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  10. 0.3 miTurn left onto Pole Line Road, heading N.
  11. 4.4 miTurn left onto Cedar River Pipeline Road, heading W.
  12. 2.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

25% gravel75% unspecified

Weather

FogTemperature 77°F49°
Precip0%Wind5 mphUV7Humidity60%
Hourly temperature
80°45°
Sunrise 5:50 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:40 PM
Tue 85°55°
Wed 91°59°
Thu 91°58°
Fri 83°52°
Sat 82°51°
Sun 83°53°

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.6 mi in (~16 min). Leave by 8:04 PM for the 8:40 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:09 PM — 7 min before dark.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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