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Shinglemill Creek Natural Area

Bill's Trail & Shinglemill Creek Trail

3.6 mi · ▲ 708 ft · 1 hr 33 min

Bill's Trail & Shinglemill Creek Trail is a 3.6-mile out-and-back in Shinglemill Creek Natural Area near Cedarhurst, WA. It climbs 708 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade. It scores 15/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi13 – 308 ft · steepest grade: 23%3.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Shinglemill Creek Trail 47.47998, -122.48301
Nearest town Cedarhurst, WA
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Bill's Trail & Shinglemill Creek Trail

3.6 mi · ▲ 708 ft · 1 hr 33 min

Elevation 11–308 ft

Out & Back · Shinglemill Creek Natural Area

Trailhead: Shinglemill Creek Trail · 47.47998, -122.48301

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

  1. Start on Shinglemill Creek Trail, heading SE.
  2. 0.7 miTurn left onto Bill's Trail, heading NE.
  3. 1.1 miReach Shinglemill Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  4. 1.1 miTurn right onto Shinglemill Creek Trail, heading W.
  5. 0.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/bills-trail-shinglemill-creek-trail-out-back-6-km

Trail surface

8% gravel92% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:55 AMSunset 7:14 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.7 mi in (~24 min). Leave by 6:29 PM for the 7:14 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:46 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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