Timberton Loop Trail

If you have ever hiked the Timberton Loop trail, you have probably noticed the large basalt rocks with numbers on them along the way that help hikers stay on the trail.

All those rocks came from the top of the Timberton Phase 3 hill, when it was blasted to make building lots for 19 homes. During the summer of 2001, blasting occurred several times a week.

When it was all done, the best of the rocks were chosen and moved to the Timberton Loop for trail markers.

One of the Timberton Loop rocks, on the highest point of the trail, is nicknamed “Ray’s Rock” It is called that in honor of Ray Welch, former Roads and Grounds Foreman for Olympic Resource Management (ORM). Ray personally selected and moved all the basalt boulders from the Timberton blast area to the Timberton Loop trail.