Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness

Giant Cedar Loop–Logging Road, 4 sights

10.3 mi · ▲ 1,924 ft · 4 hr 24 min

Giant Cedar Loop–Logging Road, 4 sights is a 10.3-mile out-and-back in Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness near Bridal Veil, OR. It climbs 1,924 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade. It scores 80/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi1,545 – 2,832 ft · steepest grade: 19%10.9 mi

Getting there

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

Directions

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Giant Cedar Loop–Logging Road, 4 sights

10.3 mi · ▲ 1,924 ft · 4 hr 24 min

Elevation 1,544–2,832 ft

Out & Back · Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness

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 miBear right onto Logging Road, heading SE.
  6. 450 ftContinue straight onto Rail Grade, heading SE.
  7. 150 ftContinue straight onto Logging Road, heading E.
  8. 0.1 miSharp left onto Multnomah County Road 550, heading S.
  9. 1.3 miTurn left onto MCR550/Logging Grade, heading SE.
  10. 0.4 miTurn left onto Giant Cedar Loop, heading E.
  11. 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
  12. 350 ftContinue straight onto Mystery Bridge Trail - old logging grade, heading N.
  13. 0.7 miTurn left onto Forest Road 1520, heading E.
  14. 1.1 miTurn right onto Monkey Business, heading NE.
  15. 0.6 miReach Logging Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  16. 0.6 miTurn left onto Forest Road 1520, heading NW.
  17. 1.1 miTurn right onto Mystery Bridge Trail - old logging grade, heading SE.
  18. 0.8 miBear right onto Giant Cedar Loop, heading W.
  19. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  20. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  21. 400 ftContinue straight onto MCR550/Logging Grade, heading SW.
  22. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  23. 500 ftContinue straight onto Multnomah County Road 550, heading W.
  24. 1.2 miSharp right onto Logging Road, heading N.
  25. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Rail Grade, heading SW.
  26. 150 ftContinue straight onto Logging Road, heading SW.
  27. 450 ftBear left onto Donahue Creek Trail, heading W.
  28. 0.4 miTurn left onto Logging Road, heading W.
  29. 50 ftContinue straight onto Donahue Creek Trail, heading NW.
  30. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Logging Road, heading W.
  31. 150 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

43% dirt30% gravel27% 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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