Boot Trail–Donkey Engine Trail, 5 sights
4.8 mi · ▲ 664 ft · 1 hr 56 min
Boot Trail–Donkey Engine Trail, 5 sights is a 4.8-mile out-and-back in Taylor Mountain Forest near Hobart, WA. It climbs 664 ft. It scores 27/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Boot Trail–Donkey Engine Trail, 5 sights
4.8 mi · ▲ 664 ft · 1 hr 56 min
Elevation 594–1,098 ft
Out & Back · Taylor Mountain Forest
Trailhead: 47.41981, -121.95204
Weather Aug 3: Overcast, high 76°F / low 48° · precip 0% · wind 2 mph · sunrise 5:49 AM · sunset 8:40 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 400 ftTurn right onto Donkey Engine Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Carey Creek Trail, heading E.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Mt. Beaver Trail, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Boot Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Whiskey Still Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Holder Knob Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Southeast 188th Street, heading SE.
- 0.1 miReach Donkey Engine Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Holder Knob Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Whiskey Still Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Boot Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Mt. Beaver Trail, heading SE.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Carey Creek Trail, heading W.
- 450 ftSharp left, heading E.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Donkey Engine Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 200 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 8:20 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 8:40 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 9:16 PM.
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