Port Gamble Forest Heritage Park
Downhell & Secret Squirrel Loop
6.6 mi · ▲ 592 ft · 2 hr 30 min
Downhell & Secret Squirrel Loop is a 6.6-mile loop in Port Gamble Forest Heritage Park near Port Gamble, WA. It climbs 592 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade. It scores 4/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Downhell & Secret Squirrel Loop
6.6 mi · ▲ 592 ft · 2 hr 30 min
Elevation 60–481 ft
Loop · Port Gamble Forest Heritage Park
Trailhead: Stumps · 47.84007, -122.58828
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:55 AM · sunset 7:14 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Stumps, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Secret Squirrel, heading S.
- 1.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Downhell, heading SW.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 200 ftBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.7 miSharp left, heading E.
- 1.2 miContinue straight onto Secret Squirrel, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp left onto E.T., heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Ewok - ET, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Ewok Climb Trail, heading N.
- 500 ftBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Ranger, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Mycelium, heading NE.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 250 ftThe loop closes 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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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.9 mi in (~85 min). Leave by 5:29 PM for the 7:14 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:42 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
- 4.3 mi · out & back · via Secret Squirrel
- 4.3 mi · out & back · via Secret Squirrel
- 4.8 mi · out & back · via Secret Squirrel
- 5 mi · loop · via Secret Squirrel
- 5.1 mi · out & back · via Secret Squirrel
- 5.8 mi · out & back · via Secret Squirrel
- 6.2 mi · out & back · via Secret Squirrel
- 6.5 mi · out & back · via Secret Squirrel
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- Hyper Space Trail–Lower Mirkwood, 3 sights 9.1 mi · ▲ 1,026 ft
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