Here is one hike that could be done with a 4 PM start in October and still finish well before dark; at 3.5 miles, it took me 90 minutes. There was only one other car at the parking lot when I got there even though it was a Sunday. How much of it was the Seahawks playing at the time I'm not sure; there was also a sign saying that the road was closed for selective harvesting between 6:00 AM and 3:00 PM, although with a 4 PM Sunday start I had nothing to worry about there. I did this as a loop, walking road A to the Holder Knob trail going out and the Holder Ridge trail going back. When I walked this a couple of years ago, the Holder Ridge trail looked pretty chewed up by horses' hooves, but this time it looked to be, and was, in better condition. Some of the Holder Ridge trail has been gravelled, which I'm guessing was done relatively recently. Views at the top are limited; in my opinion the best part of the hike was the nice forest at the bottom of the ridge trail.
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