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Canyon Falls Viewpoint via Heybrook Lookout Road is a 5.7-mile out-and-back near Index, WA. The route reaches Canyon Falls Viewpoint at the turnaround, 2.8 miles in. It climbs 1,588 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 27/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi656 – 1,709 ft5.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 47.82324, -121.51802
Nearest town Index, WA

Directions

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Canyon Falls Viewpoint via Heybrook Lookout Road

5.7 mi · ▲ 1,588 ft · 2 hr 42 min

Elevation 658–1,710 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 47.82324, -121.51802

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:48 AM · sunset 8:38 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 1.6 miBear right onto Heybrook Lookout Road, heading W.
  3. 400 ftTurn left, heading W.
  4. 0.5 miBear right, heading NW.
  5. 0.7 miTurn left onto Memory Shelter Trail, heading SW.
  6. 50 ftReach Canyon Falls Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  8. 0.7 miBear left onto Heybrook Lookout Road, heading SE.
  9. 0.5 miBear left, heading E.
  10. 450 ftBear left, heading E.
  11. 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

91% dirt9% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:48 AMSunset 8:38 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.6 mi in (~68 min). Leave by 7:11 PM for the 8:38 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:32 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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