Port Gamble Forest Heritage Park
Dirt Devil–Forbidden Forest, 3 sights
9.4 mi · ▲ 624 ft · 3 hr 27 min
Dirt Devil–Forbidden Forest, 3 sights is a 9.4-mile out-and-back in Port Gamble Forest Heritage Park near Port Gamble, WA. It climbs 624 ft. It scores 9/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Dirt Devil–Forbidden Forest, 3 sights
9.4 mi · ▲ 624 ft · 3 hr 27 min
Elevation 147–468 ft
Out & Back · Port Gamble Forest Heritage Park
Trailhead: 47.83869, -122.61511
Weather Aug 3: Overcast, high 72°F / low 50° · precip 0% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 5:51 AM · sunset 8:44 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.9 miTurn left onto Forbidden Forest, heading N.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto Twisted Sister, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 200 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Maggie Rocks, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Mordor, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.5 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Bobsled, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Dirt Devil, heading SW.
- 0.3 miReach Forbidden Forest, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Bobsled, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Mordor, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Maggie Rocks, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Twisted Sister, heading N.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Forbidden Forest, heading W.
- 1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.6 mi in (~48 min). Leave by 7:36 PM for the 8:44 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:40 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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