1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
2. 100 ftContinue straight onto Whispering Hemlocks Loop Trail, heading W.
3. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
4. 0.1 miTurn left onto Ester Maltby Trail, heading SW.
5. 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
6. 100 ftTurn left onto West Trail, heading SW.
7. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
8. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Old Naches Trail, heading W.
9. 0.2 miSharp left onto Wind in the Woods Loop Trail, heading NW.
10. 50 ftBear right onto Old Naches Trail, heading W.
11. 1.1 miTurn left onto North Trail, heading NW.
12. 0.4 miTurn left onto National Forest Development Road 7120, heading NW.
13. 1 miBear left onto National Forest Development Road 6300, heading N.
14. 0.8 miTurn left onto Weyerhaeuser Mainline Road, heading E.
15. 0.1 miReach Whispering Hemlocks Loop Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
16. 0.1 miTurn right onto National Forest Development Road 6300, heading E.
17. 0.8 miBear right, heading E.
18. 1 miTurn right onto North Trail, heading SE.
19. 0.4 miTurn right onto Old Naches Trail, heading E.
20. 1.1 miBear left onto Wind in the Woods Loop Trail, heading E.
21. 50 ftSharp right onto Old Naches Trail, heading E.
22. 0.5 miTurn left onto West Trail, heading SE.
23. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
24. 150 ftTurn left onto Ester Maltby Trail, heading SE.
25. 100 ftTurn right onto Whispering Hemlocks Loop Trail, heading E.
26. 450 ftArrive 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/national-forest-development-road-6300-old-naches-trail-out-back-3-sights-16-km