CG-1400 Road & Cedar Swamp Road
15.5 mi · ▲ 2,507 ft · 6 hr 25 min
CG-1400 Road & Cedar Swamp Road is a 15.5-mile out-and-back in Yacolt Burn State Forest near Saint Cloud, WA. It climbs 2,507 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade. It scores 88/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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CG-1400 Road & Cedar Swamp Road
15.5 mi · ▲ 2,507 ft · 6 hr 25 min
Elevation 1,928–3,071 ft
Out & Back · Yacolt Burn State Forest
Trailhead: 45.63489, -122.12497
Weather Sep 4: Drizzle, high 60°F / low 49° · precip 60% · wind 1 mph · sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:43 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading E.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading N.
- 1.6 miBear right onto Cedar Swamp Road, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.4 miSharp left, heading E.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading NE.
- 1.5 miSharp left onto CG-1400 Road, heading SE.
- 1.9 miReach Cedar Swamp Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading SE.
- 1.6 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 1.4 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.8 miSharp right, heading S.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Cedar Swamp Road, heading W.
- 450 ftBear left, heading W.
- 350 ftBear left, heading W.
- 1.6 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.4 miSharp right, heading W.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.3 mi in (~7 min). Leave by 7:16 PM for the 7:43 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:04 PM — 9 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
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- Quiver Point & Quiver Point Trail via Archer Mountain Trail 7.9 mi · ▲ 1,512 ft
- Archer Mountain Viewpoint–Scott Point, 3 viewpoints 9 mi · ▲ 2,559 ft
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