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Yellow Jacket is a 4.4-mile out-and-back in Port Gamble Forest Heritage Park near Striebels Corner, WA. It climbs 420 ft and is mostly gravel. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi66 – 476 ft4.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: connector 47.80988, -122.58358
Nearest town Striebels Corner, WA

Directions

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Yellow Jacket

4.4 mi · ▲ 420 ft · 1 hr 41 min

Elevation 67–474 ft

Out & Back · Port Gamble Forest Heritage Park

Trailhead: connector · 47.80988, -122.58358

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:55 AM · sunset 7:14 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  3. 250 ftBear right, heading W.
  4. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  5. 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
  6. 1.5 miBear right, heading W.
  7. 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  8. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  9. 0.7 miTurn left, heading SE.
  10. 0.6 miSharp left onto Yellow Jacket, heading SE.
  11. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  12. 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
  13. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
  14. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  15. 0.4 miBear right, heading NE.
  16. 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
  17. 250 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  18. 0.1 miSharp left, heading SE.
  19. 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

86% gravel4% dirt10% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:55 AMSunset 7:14 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.1 mi in (~64 min). Leave by 5:50 PM for the 7:14 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:21 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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