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
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 1.6 miBear right onto Heybrook Lookout Road, heading W.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Memory Shelter Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftReach Canyon Falls Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.7 miBear left onto Heybrook Lookout Road, heading SE.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading E.
- 450 ftBear left, heading E.
- 1.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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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.
Other ways to reach this destination
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