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Heybrook Ridge Park Beach & Heybrook Lookout Trail via Leovy Trail is a 5.8-mile out-and-back in Heybrook Ridge Park near Index, WA. The route reaches Heybrook Ridge Park Beach at the turnaround, 2.9 miles in. It climbs 1,766 ft, with sections as steep as 26% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 4/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi538 – 1,499 ft · steepest grade: 26%6.0 mi

Getting there

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

Directions

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Heybrook Ridge Park Beach & Heybrook Lookout Trail via Leovy Trail

5.8 mi · ▲ 1,766 ft · 2 hr 49 min

Elevation 538–1,498 ft

Out & Back · Heybrook Ridge Park

Trailhead: Heybrook Lookout Trailhead · 47.80835, -121.53506

Weather Aug 4: Clear, high 80°F / low 62° · precip 0% · wind 2 mph · sunrise 5:46 AM · sunset 8:40 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Heybrook Lookout Trail, heading E.
  2. 0.6 miTurn left, heading N.
  3. 0.9 miBear left onto Leovy Trail, heading W.
  4. 1.4 miReach Heybrook Ridge Park Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 1.4 miBear right, heading W.
  6. 0.9 miTurn right onto Heybrook Lookout Trail, heading SE.
  7. 0.5 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

100% dirt

Weather

ClearTemperature 80°F62°
Precip0%Wind2 mphUV7Humidity69%
Hourly temperature
80°60°
Sunrise 5:46 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:40 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 1.6 mi in (~63 min). Leave by 7:17 PM for the 8:40 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:43 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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