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Big Rose–Clearcut Trails, 6 sights is a 7-mile out-and-back in Port Gamble Forest Heritage Park near Breidablick, WA. It climbs 904 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi115 – 469 ft · steepest grade: 16%7.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Millie's Trail 47.78582, -122.62813
Nearest town Breidablick, WA

Directions

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Big Rose–Clearcut Trails, 6 sights

7 mi · ▲ 904 ft · 2 hr 47 min

Elevation 115–469 ft

Out & Back · Port Gamble Forest Heritage Park

Trailhead: Millie's Trail · 47.78582, -122.62813

Weather Aug 3: Overcast, high 72°F / low 50° · precip 0% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 5:51 AM · sunset 8:44 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Millie's Trail, heading SE.
  2. 0.6 miTurn left, heading N.
  3. 200 ftBear left, heading N.
  4. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  5. 0.7 miSharp left, heading SE.
  6. 400 ftBear right, heading N.
  7. 200 ftContinue straight onto Coyote, heading N.
  8. 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
  9. 50 ftTurn right onto Clearcut Trails, heading N.
  10. 0.4 miBear left onto Big Rose, heading NE.
  11. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Cut-Off, heading N.
  12. 0.2 miTurn right onto Mordor, heading N.
  13. 0.4 miBear left onto Lower Mirkwood, heading E.
  14. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  15. 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
  16. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
  17. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  18. 0.3 miBear left onto Upper Mirkwood, heading SW.
  19. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  20. 100 ftTurn left, heading S.
  21. 0.2 miBear left onto Bobsled, heading S.
  22. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
  23. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  24. 50 ftSharp right, heading SW.
  25. 0.5 miBear left, heading SW.
  26. 150 ftBear right onto Valleytrail, heading SW.
  27. 350 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  28. 1.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  29. 0.1 miBear right onto Millie's Trail, heading W.
  30. 0.3 miBear right, heading W.
  31. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

21% gravel15% dirt64% unspecified

Weather

OvercastTemperature 72°F50°
Precip0%Wind9 mphUV7Humidity52%
Rained 0.1″ yesterday
Hourly temperature
75°50°
Sunrise 5:51 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:44 PM
Tue 79°59°
Wed 85°58°
Thu 92°53°
Fri 83°52°
Sat 81°50°
Sun 80°50°

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.1 mi in (~38 min). Leave by 7:47 PM for the 8:44 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:29 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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