Port Gamble Forest Heritage Park
Buzzcut–Downhell Loop, 3 sights
5 mi · ▲ 369 ft · 1 hr 51 min
Buzzcut–Downhell Loop, 3 sights is a 5-mile loop in Port Gamble Forest Heritage Park near Port Gamble, WA. It climbs 369 ft. It scores 6/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Buzzcut–Downhell Loop, 3 sights
5 mi · ▲ 369 ft · 1 hr 51 min
Elevation 283–481 ft
Loop · Port Gamble Forest Heritage Park
Trailhead: 47.83598, -122.59810
Weather Aug 3: Overcast, high 70°F / low 49° · precip 0% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 5:50 AM · sunset 8:44 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left onto Ewok Climb Trail, heading S.
- 500 ftTurn right onto Ewok - ET, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto E.T., heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Secret Squirrel, heading S.
- 1.2 miSharp right, heading S.
- 0.7 miBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Twisted Sister, heading W.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Buzzcut, heading NE.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto E.T., heading NW.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Ewok - ET, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Ewok Climb Trail, heading NE.
- 500 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftThe loop closes 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 1.5 mi in (~42 min). Leave by 7:43 PM for the 8:44 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:37 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Other ways to reach this destination
More from this trailhead
- Fortnight via Petrichor 1.9 mi · ▲ 296 ft
- Mycelium 2 mi · ▲ 342 ft
- Petrichor & Tessa's 2.2 mi · ▲ 403 ft
- Buzzcut–Downhell, 3 sights 2.4 mi · ▲ 232 ft
- Downhell–Secret Squirrel, 3 sights 3.9 mi · ▲ 367 ft
- Derailed & Secret Squirrel 4.7 mi · ▲ 509 ft
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