Cemetery Trail–Donahue Creek Trail (Rail Grade), 6 sights

11.5 mi · ▲ 1,577 ft · 4 hr 37 min

Cemetery Trail–Donahue Creek Trail (Rail Grade), 6 sights is an 11.5-mile out-and-back near Bridal Veil, OR. It climbs 1,577 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade. It scores 80/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi1,545 – 2,038 ft · steepest grade: 18%11.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Logging Road 45.53404, -122.16564
Nearest town Bridal Veil, OR

Directions

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Cemetery Trail–Donahue Creek Trail (Rail Grade), 6 sights

11.5 mi · ▲ 1,577 ft · 4 hr 37 min

Elevation 1,544–2,038 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Logging Road · 45.53404, -122.16564

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 7:43 PM

  1. Start on Logging Road, heading N.
  2. 350 ftContinue straight onto Donahue Creek Trail, heading NE.
  3. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Logging Road, heading E.
  4. 50 ftTurn right onto Donahue Creek Trail, heading E.
  5. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Donahue Creek Trail (Rail Grade), heading NE.
  6. 0.5 miTurn right onto Logging Road, heading E.
  7. 0.4 miSharp left, heading E.
  8. 0.7 miBear left, heading SE.
  9. 0.7 miSharp left, heading NE.
  10. 0.4 miSharp right onto Palmer Mill Road, heading W.
  11. 0.3 miSharp left onto She Devil, heading NE.
  12. 100 ftContinue straight onto Smith Road (Abandoned), heading N.
  13. 0.2 miContinue straight onto She Devil, heading NW.
  14. 450 ftBear left onto Loop Trail, heading NW.
  15. 1.5 miTurn right onto Cemetery Trail, heading SW.
  16. 0.3 miReach Logging Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  17. 0.3 miTurn left onto Loop Trail, heading E.
  18. 1.5 miBear right onto She Devil, heading E.
  19. 450 ftContinue straight onto Smith Road (Abandoned), heading E.
  20. 0.2 miContinue straight onto She Devil, heading SE.
  21. 50 ftSharp right onto Palmer Mill Road, heading SE.
  22. 0.3 miSharp left, heading SW.
  23. 0.4 miSharp right, heading E.
  24. 0.7 miBear right onto Logging Road, heading SE.
  25. 1.1 miTurn left onto Donahue Creek Trail (Rail Grade), heading NW.
  26. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Donahue Creek Trail, heading SW.
  27. 0.4 miTurn left onto Logging Road, heading W.
  28. 50 ftContinue straight onto Donahue Creek Trail, heading W.
  29. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Logging Road, heading W.
  30. 250 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

52% dirt19% gravel29% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:35 AMSunset 7:43 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~6 min). Leave by 7:16 PM for the 7:43 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:02 PM — 11 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint

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