Trail Overview

Kilchis Lookout Road starts at Muesial Creek Road to the east and heads up to Kilchis Mountain to the west. From Kilchis Mountain spur you can head back and to the west. It intersects with Sam Downs Road and then to Kilchis Forest Road. Heading further west will bring you to the Tillamook area. Kilchis Mountain hosts a fire lookout tower in 1955, and the tower was abandoned in 1965. The road to the tower area is no longer accessible. As you travel, you'll move through a mix of wooded patches and open clear-cuts. Kilchis Forest Road is a typical logging road around the Tillamook Forest--mainly smooth gravel, winding through numerous switchbacks. This nearly 16-mile route climbs to almost 2,400 feet but below the 2,649 elevation of Kilchis Mountain.

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Difficulty

Kilchis Forest Road is a typical logging road around the Tillamook Forest--mainly smooth gravel, winding through numerous switchbacks.

Technical Rating

Brian C

Nov 22, 2025

Open

Very easy road that goes through some active logging areas. Several side roads that are not on the map. Some burning slash as well. There are a few camp sites along this route and the road ends in a site large enough for a couple of vehicles.