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Island Center Forest

Fir Hill Trail & Middle Fork via Grinder

2.8 mi · ▲ 144 ft · 1 hr

Fir Hill Trail & Middle Fork via Grinder is a 2.8-mile out-and-back in Island Center Forest near Cove, WA. It is mostly level, with 144 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 38/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi305 – 417 ft2.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Borrow Pit Loop 47.43752, -122.50056
Nearest town Cove, WA
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Fir Hill Trail & Middle Fork via Grinder

2.8 mi · ▲ 144 ft · 1 hr

Elevation 306–418 ft

Out & Back · Island Center Forest

Trailhead: Borrow Pit Loop · 47.43752, -122.50056

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:53 AM · sunset 8:41 PM

  1. Start on Borrow Pit Loop, heading NE.
  2. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Dump Run, heading E.
  3. 100 ftContinue straight onto Middle Fork, heading E.
  4. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Grinder, heading SE.
  5. 0.2 miTurn left onto Valley of the Firs, heading NE.
  6. 0.1 miBear right onto Fir Hill Trail, heading E.
  7. 0.3 miReach Middle Fork, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.3 miBear left onto Valley of the Firs, heading NW.
  9. 0.2 miTurn right onto Grinder, heading SW.
  10. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Middle Fork, heading W.
  11. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Dump Run, heading W.
  12. 100 ftContinue straight onto Borrow Pit Loop, heading W.
  13. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/meadow-lake-pond-meadow-lake-pond-out-back-5-km-f980

Trail surface

77% dirt12% gravel11% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:53 AMSunset 8:41 PM

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