Forest Heights Open Space

Northwest Firelane 2 Road & Skyline Trail via Northwest Leif Erikson Drive

3.8 mi · ▲ 681 ft · 1 hr 36 min

Northwest Firelane 2 Road & Skyline Trail via Northwest Leif Erikson Drive is a 3.8-mile out-and-back in Forest Heights Open Space near Bonny Slope, OR. It climbs 681 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade. It scores 11/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi548 – 1,148 ft · steepest grade: 25%4.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Skyline Trail 45.55260, -122.77518
Nearest town Bonny Slope, OR

Directions

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Northwest Firelane 2 Road & Skyline Trail via Northwest Leif Erikson Drive

3.8 mi · ▲ 681 ft · 1 hr 36 min

Elevation 548–1,148 ft

Out & Back · Forest Heights Open Space

Trailhead: Skyline Trail · 45.55260, -122.77518

Weather Sep 4: Light drizzle, high 62°F / low 51° · precip 31% · wind 1 mph · sunrise 6:37 AM · sunset 7:45 PM

  1. Start on Skyline Trail, heading SE.
  2. 1.2 miContinue straight onto Northwest Firelane 2 Road, heading NE.
  3. 0.4 miSharp right onto Northwest Leif Erikson Drive, heading NE.
  4. 0.3 miReach Skyline Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 0.3 miSharp left onto Northwest Firelane 2 Road, heading N.
  6. 1.7 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

51% dirt35% paved14% gravel

Weather

Light drizzleTemperature 62°F51°
Precip31%Wind1 mphUV6Humidity79%
Rained 0.5″ yesterday · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperatureRain chance
65°50° 12 AM: 9% rain1 AM: 6% rain2 AM: 6% rain3 AM: 9% rain4 AM: 9% rain5 AM: 22% rain6 AM: 31% rain7 AM: 29% rain8 AM: 29% rain9 AM: 17% rain10 AM: 11% rain11 AM: 16% rain12 PM: 4% rain1 PM: 7% rain2 PM: 12% rain3 PM: 16% rain4 PM: 27% rain5 PM: 28% rain6 PM: 29% rain7 PM: 19% rain8 PM: 13% rain9 PM: 2% rain10 PM: 3% rain11 PM: 2% rain
Sunrise 6:37 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:45 PM
Sat 67°49°
Sun 71°54° 17%
Mon 72°52°
Tue 75°51°
Wed 82°52°
Thu 73°56°

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:25 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:45 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:16 PM.

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