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Tacoma Water

Forest Road 5250

16.1 mi · ▲ 2,382 ft · 6 hr 33 min

Forest Road 5250 is a 16.1-mile out-and-back in Tacoma Water near Stampede, WA. It climbs 2,382 ft and is mostly gravel. It scores 81/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi2,651 – 4,164 ft16.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: connector 47.20057, -121.37835
Nearest town Stampede, WA
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Forest Road 5250

16.1 mi · ▲ 2,382 ft · 6 hr 33 min

Elevation 2,652–4,163 ft

Out & Back · Tacoma Water

Trailhead: connector · 47.20057, -121.37835

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:50 AM · sunset 7:09 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 0.8 miBear right, heading SE.
  3. 0.6 miTurn left onto National Forest Development Road 110, heading NW.
  4. 0.3 miTurn left onto Forest Road 5250, heading W.
  5. 6.4 miBear left onto Forest Road 5405, heading NW.
  6. 50 ftReach Forest Road 5250, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 50 ftBear right onto Forest Road 5250, heading NW.
  8. 6.4 miTurn right onto National Forest Development Road 110, heading E.
  9. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
  10. 0.6 miBear left, heading NW.
  11. 0.8 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-5250-out-back-26-km

Trail surface

80% gravel20% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:50 AMSunset 7:09 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:49 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:09 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:40 PM.

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