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Heybrook Mountain & Heybrook Lookout Trail via Heybrook Lookout Road is a 2.3-mile out-and-back near Index, WA. The route reaches Heybrook Mountain at the turnaround, 1.2 miles in. It climbs 1,008 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 6/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi781 – 1,808 ft · steepest grade: 27%2.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Heybrook Lookout Trailhead 47.80835, -121.53506
Nearest town Index, WA

Directions

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Heybrook Mountain & Heybrook Lookout Trail via Heybrook Lookout Road

2.3 mi · ▲ 1,008 ft · 1 hr 16 min

Elevation 780–1,808 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

  1. Start on Heybrook Lookout Trail, heading E.
  2. 0.6 miTurn right onto Heybrook Lookout Road, heading SE.
  3. 0.6 miReach Heybrook Mountain, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  4. 0.5 miTurn left onto Heybrook Lookout Trail, heading W.
  5. 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.

Trail surface

79% dirt21% unspecified

Weather

ClearTemperature 80°F62°
Precip0%Wind2 mphUV7Humidity69%
Hourly temperature
80°60°
Sunrise 5:48 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:38 PM
Wed 86°65°
Thu 88°61°
Fri 82°58°
Sat 79°55°
Sun 78°53°
Mon 81°55°

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.2 mi in (~58 min). Leave by 7:20 PM for the 8:38 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:22 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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