Canyon Falls Viewpoint & Heybrook Lookout Trail
2.6 mi · ▲ 986 ft · 1 hr 22 min
Canyon Falls Viewpoint & Heybrook Lookout Trail is a 2.6-mile out-and-back near Index, WA. The route reaches Canyon Falls Viewpoint at the turnaround, 1.3 miles in. It climbs 986 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 4/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Canyon Falls Viewpoint & Heybrook Lookout Trail
2.6 mi · ▲ 986 ft · 1 hr 22 min
Elevation 780–1,498 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Heybrook Lookout Trailhead · 47.80835, -121.53506
Weather Aug 4: Clear, high 80°F / low 62° · precip 0% · wind 2 mph · sunrise 5:48 AM · sunset 8:38 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Heybrook Lookout Trail, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Memory Shelter Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftReach Canyon Falls Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Heybrook Lookout Trail, heading W.
- 0.6 miArrive 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 0.9 mi in (~43 min). Leave by 7:35 PM for the 8:38 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:17 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from Heybrook Lookout Trailhead Trailhead
- Heybrook Mountain & Heybrook Lookout Trail via Heybrook Lookout Road 2.3 mi · ▲ 1,008 ft
- Bridal Veil Falls Viewpoint & Heybrook Lookout Trail 3.1 mi · ▲ 986 ft
- Heybrook Ridge Park Beach & Heybrook Lookout Trail via Leovy Trail 5.8 mi · ▲ 1,766 ft
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