The Hobbit Village in Federation Forest State Park was a hike that was done on June 18, 2014 and this is the second time we have done this hike although the is near flat the trail does have other issues such mud holes, bridge out and blow downs the trails are used enough that if you come to an issue there is a path that will lead you around it. I had a blast hiking today with a friend from high school and her 3 monkeys.
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I've gotten some feedback from people and I've heard that its difficult to find the Hobbit Village. I then went to trusty google and tried to find someone that had already posted easy direction to Hobbit Village and found out that many experienced hikers have had troubles finding it each time. So far I've found the trail all 4 times we've been there and we've seen the Village 3 times.
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| I took a picture of the map on the hiker board outside the Interpretive Center. From the Interpretive Center wanted to follow the West Trail but getting to it is weird. |
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| Start Here |
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| Turn Right toward the Natches Trail, Wind in the Woods Loo Trail and Esther Maltby. |
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| Keep going forward toward the Natches Trail, Wind in the Woods Loo Trail and Esther Maltby. |
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| Go Left and you'll find the Fred Cleator Interpretive Trails Sign. |
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| When you find this big guy look for the West Loop 1 Mile sign. |
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| You made it to the West Trail keep going! |
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| Go right for the nature trail. |
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| Turn Right to go through the Greenlees Grove and toward the highway parking area. |
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| Go forward don't turn left |
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| The other parking lot is off to the right and so is 410. You made it to the beginning of the Gnome Trail to Hobbit Village. At this point it's the trail that is much more narrow. |
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| The little boys on the hike holding hands. |
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| MUD in one spot my son was trying to just go through it and he lost a boot. No worries it was pulled out of the mud and put back on. |
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| As your approaching the village you'll see this hush tree face. |
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| This was a little scene was on a turned over tree. |
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| I personally have a love for the WTA and I thought this was cute |
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| Superman stole my hat. |
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| Got Mail. |
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| It's fun for kids take a to leave Gnome. |
To get there, take I-5 South to I-405 North, merging onto SR 167 after 2 miles. Follow 167 a little less than 20 miles to Highway 410 East. Follow 410 through Enumclaw for just over 23 miles. Around milepost 41, find well-signed Federation Forest State Park on the right-hand side of the highway.
For current tail on conditions WTA Trail Reports
Don't forget the 10 Essentials for Hiking
A Discovery Pass is needed for this trail
Tips for Hiking with Kids
