Northwest Firelane 1 Road & Wild Cherry Trail via Wildwood Trail

6.9 mi · ▲ 713 ft · 2 hr 39 min

Northwest Firelane 1 Road & Wild Cherry Trail via Wildwood Trail is a 6.9-mile out-and-back near Willamette Heights, OR. It climbs 713 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 14/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi492 – 988 ft · steepest grade: 19%7.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Birch Trail 45.53365, -122.73321
Nearest town Willamette Heights, OR

Directions

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Northwest Firelane 1 Road & Wild Cherry Trail via Wildwood Trail

6.9 mi · ▲ 713 ft · 2 hr 39 min

Elevation 492–988 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Birch Trail · 45.53365, -122.73321

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:37 AM · sunset 7:45 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 50 ftTurn left onto Birch Trail, heading NW.
  3. 0.2 miTurn left onto Wildwood Trail, heading NW.
  4. 0.3 miBear left onto Wild Cherry Trail, heading NE.
  5. 0.3 miBear right onto Dogwood Trail, heading NW.
  6. 150 ftTurn left onto Keil Trail, heading NW.
  7. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Wildwood Trail, heading NW.
  8. 1.4 miContinue straight onto Morak Trail, heading W.
  9. 250 ftTurn left onto Northwest Firelane 1 Road, heading NW.
  10. 350 ftReach Wild Cherry Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 400 ftTurn left onto Morak Trail, heading S.
  12. 50 ftContinue straight onto Northwest Firelane 1 Road, heading S.
  13. 0.2 miBear left onto Wildwood Trail, heading NW.
  14. 50 ftBear left onto Northwest Firelane 1 Road, heading NW.
  15. 0.5 miTurn right onto Northwest Leif Erikson Drive, heading SE.
  16. 2.1 miSharp right onto Dogwood Trail, heading NE.
  17. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Wildwood Trail, heading NW.
  18. 0.6 miBear right onto Wild Cherry Trail, heading S.
  19. 50 ftBear right onto Wildwood Trail, heading SW.
  20. 0.3 miTurn right onto Birch Trail, heading SW.
  21. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  22. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

66% dirt34% gravel

Weather

Sunrise 6:37 AMSunset 7:45 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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