Cold Creek Campground Connector & Tarbell Trail
9.8 mi · ▲ 1,396 ft · 3 hr 58 min
Cold Creek Campground Connector & Tarbell Trail is a 9.8-mile out-and-back in Yacolt Burn State Forest near Dole, WA. It climbs 1,396 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 81/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Cold Creek Campground Connector & Tarbell Trail
9.8 mi · ▲ 1,396 ft · 3 hr 58 min
Elevation 1,024–1,888 ft
Out & Back · Yacolt Burn State Forest
Trailhead: L-1120 Road · 45.79304, -122.30188
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 66°F / low 48° · precip 25% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:42 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on L-1120 Road, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Tarbell Trail, heading SW.
- 1 miTurn left onto L-1123 Road, heading S.
- 150 ftBear right onto Tarbell Trail, heading S.
- 1.9 miContinue straight onto Rock Creek Campground Road, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Tarbell Trail, heading W.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 200 ftSharp right onto Bells Mountain Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Cold Creek Campground Connector, heading W.
- 0.3 miReach Tarbell Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Bells Mountain Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Tarbell Trail, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 2 miBear left onto L-1123 Road, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Tarbell Trail, heading W.
- 1 miBear left onto L-1120 Road, heading E.
- 400 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 0.1 mi in (~2 min). Leave by 7:19 PM for the 7:42 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:59 PM — 14 min before dark.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from L-1120 Road Trailhead
- Tarbell Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 305 ft
- Tarbell Trail 2 mi · ▲ 316 ft
- Tarbell Trail 2 mi · ▲ 316 ft
- Tarbell Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 372 ft
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