Cold Creek Campground Connector–L-1121B Road, 3 sights
11.9 mi · ▲ 1,783 ft · 4 hr 51 min
Cold Creek Campground Connector–L-1121B Road, 3 sights is an 11.9-mile out-and-back in Yacolt Burn State Forest near Dole, WA. It climbs 1,783 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 85/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Cold Creek Campground Connector–L-1121B Road, 3 sights
11.9 mi · ▲ 1,783 ft · 4 hr 51 min
Elevation 1,021–2,192 ft
Out & Back · Yacolt Burn State Forest
Trailhead: Cold Creek Trailhead · 45.76113, -122.34114
Weather Sep 4: Drizzle, high 66°F / low 50° · precip 55% · wind 2 mph · sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 7:44 PM
Toilets at the trailhead
- Start on Cedar Creek Falls Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Cold Creek Campground Connector, heading SE.
- 500 ftContinue straight onto Bells Mountain Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Tarbell Trail, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading E.
- 1.5 miSharp right onto L-1123A Road, heading N.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto L-1123 Road, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Silver Shadow Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miSharp left onto L-1120 Road, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right onto Silver Shadow Trail, heading SE.
- 0.9 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto L-1121 Road, heading N.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto L-1121B Road, heading E.
- 0.6 miReach Cold Creek Campground Connector, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto L-1121 Road, heading N.
- 0.4 miSharp left, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Silver Shadow Trail, heading S.
- 0.9 miBear left onto L-1120 Road, heading S.
- 100 ftSharp right onto Silver Shadow Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto L-1123 Road, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto L-1123A Road, heading NW.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Tarbell Trail, heading NW.
- 1.4 miContinue straight onto Rock Creek Campground Road, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Tarbell Trail, heading SE.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 200 ftSharp right onto Bells Mountain Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Cold Creek Campground Connector, heading NW.
- 500 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Cedar Creek Falls Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.9 mi in (~125 min). Leave by 5:19 PM for the 7:44 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:38 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
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