Heybrook Lookout Trail via Heybrook Lookout Road is a 5.5-mile out-and-back near Index, WA. It climbs 1,950 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 27/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi656 – 1,709 ft · steepest grade: 25%5.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 47.82324, -121.51802
Nearest town Index, WA
Directions
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Heybrook Lookout Trail via Heybrook Lookout Road
5.5 mi · ▲ 1,950 ft · 2 hr 49 min
Elevation 658–1,710 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 47.82324, -121.51802
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 72°F / low 51° · precip 1% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 5:46 AM · sunset 8:40 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 1.6 miBear right onto Heybrook Lookout Road, heading W.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Heybrook Lookout Trail, heading W.
- 0.6 miReach Heybrook Lookout Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Heybrook Lookout Road, heading E.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading E.
- 450 ftBear left, heading E.
- 1.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
90% dirt10% unspecified
Weather
OvercastTemperature 72°F51°
Precip1%Wind3 mphUV7Humidity70%
Hourly temperature
75°50°
Sunrise 5:46 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:40 PM
Tue
81°64°
Wed
87°66°
Thu
89°62°
Fri
83°59°
Sat
80°56°
Sun
79°54°
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.7 mi in (~70 min). Leave by 7:09 PM for the 8:40 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:36 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
More from this trailhead
- Heybrook Mountain via Heybrook Lookout Road 4 mi · ▲ 1,134 ft
- Canyon Falls Viewpoint via Heybrook Lookout Road 5.7 mi · ▲ 1,588 ft
- Bridal Veil Falls Viewpoint via Heybrook Lookout Road 6.1 mi · ▲ 1,618 ft
- Heybrook Ridge Park Beach & Erinswood Trail via Heybrook Lookout Road 9.9 mi · ▲ 2,367 ft
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