Franklin Ridge Trail #427–Logging Road, 4 sights
15.2 mi · ▲ 3,243 ft · 6 hr 41 min
Franklin Ridge Trail #427–Logging Road, 4 sights is a 15.2-mile out-and-back in Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness near Saint Cloud, WA. It climbs 3,243 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 82/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Franklin Ridge Trail #427–Logging Road, 4 sights
15.2 mi · ▲ 3,243 ft · 6 hr 41 min
Elevation 1,578–3,186 ft
Out & Back · Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness
Trailhead: 45.54932, -122.09194
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:42 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Larch Mountain Trail #441, heading SE.
- 2.2 miBear right onto Franklin Ridge Trail #427, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Larch Mountain Trail #441, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Multnomah Basin Road, heading S.
- 1.7 miTurn right onto The Way, heading NW.
- 1.1 miContinue straight onto She Devil, heading W.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Smith Road (Abandoned), heading S.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto She Devil, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Palmer Mill Road, heading E.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.7 miBear right onto Logging Road, heading W.
- 200 ftReach Franklin Ridge Trail #427, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 200 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.7 miSharp left, heading N.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto Palmer Mill Road, heading W.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto She Devil, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Smith Road (Abandoned), heading NE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto She Devil, heading NW.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto The Way, heading NE.
- 1.1 miTurn left onto Multnomah Basin Road, heading E.
- 1.7 miTurn right onto Larch Mountain Trail #441, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Franklin Ridge Trail #427, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left onto Larch Mountain Trail #441, heading E.
- 2.2 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.1 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 7.0 mi in (~199 min). Leave by 4:03 PM for the 7:42 PM sunset. Back at your car by 11:55 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
More from this trailhead
- Larch Mountain Trail #441 1.9 mi · ▲ 527 ft
- Larch Mountain 3.2 mi · ▲ 959 ft
- Larch Mountain Trail #441 3.4 mi · ▲ 892 ft
- Multnomah Spur Trail #446 via Oneonta Trail #424 4.4 mi · ▲ 1,257 ft
- Larch Mountain Trail #441 4.9 mi · ▲ 1,607 ft
- Bullet Car Trail–Franklin Ridge Trail #427, 5 sights 16.1 mi · ▲ 3,384 ft
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