JBLM Boundary Trail
16.1 mi · ▲ 563 ft · 5 hr 39 min
JBLM Boundary Trail is a 16.1-mile out-and-back near Fir Tree, WA. It climbs 563 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 30/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi213 – 571 ft · steepest grade: 17%16.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 46.95385, -122.79114
Nearest town Fir Tree, WA
Directions
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JBLM Boundary Trail
16.1 mi · ▲ 563 ft · 5 hr 39 min
Elevation 214–570 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 46.95385, -122.79114
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:55 AM · sunset 8:41 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 4.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading N.
- 1.4 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading E.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto JBLM Boundary Trail, heading E.
- 1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading W.
- 250 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 1.4 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
- 4.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
16% gravel13% dirt71% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 5:55 AMSunset 8:41 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.3 mi in (~8 min). Leave by 8:12 PM for the 8:41 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:04 PM — 12 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
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- JBLM Boundary Trail 14.2 mi · ▲ 534 ft
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