Yellow Jacket Loop is a 4.2-mile loop in Port Gamble Forest Heritage Park near Striebels Corner, WA. It climbs 426 ft and is mostly gravel. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Yellow Jacket Loop
4.2 mi · ▲ 426 ft · 1 hr 37 min
Elevation 64–474 ft
Loop · Port Gamble Forest Heritage Park
Trailhead: 47.81145, -122.58373
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:55 AM · sunset 7:14 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 200 ftBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
- 1.5 miBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.6 miSharp left onto Yellow Jacket, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 250 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 50 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.0 mi in (~62 min). Leave by 5:53 PM for the 7:14 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:18 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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