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Bull Run Watershed Management Unit

Forest Road 20–Railroad Grade, 3 sights

5 mi · ▲ 1,008 ft · 2 hr 10 min

Forest Road 20–Railroad Grade, 3 sights is a 5-mile out-and-back in Bull Run Watershed Management Unit near Prindle, WA. It climbs 1,008 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 76/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi2,572 – 3,347 ft · steepest grade: 23%5.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Forest Road 1520 45.53973, -122.11701
Nearest town Prindle, WA
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Forest Road 20–Railroad Grade, 3 sights

5 mi · ▲ 1,008 ft · 2 hr 10 min

Elevation 2,571–3,347 ft

Out & Back · Bull Run Watershed Management Unit

Trailhead: Forest Road 1520 · 45.53973, -122.11701

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:41 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Forest Road 20, heading S.
  2. 0.4 miSharp left onto Spraylord, heading SE.
  3. 0.7 miTurn right onto Railroad Grade, heading S.
  4. 1.4 miReach Forest Road 20, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 1.4 miTurn left onto Spraylord, heading NW.
  6. 0.7 miSharp right onto Forest Road 20, heading NE.
  7. 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/forest-road-20-railroad-grade-out-back-3-sights

Trail surface

82% dirt18% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:41 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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