L-1121 Road & Silver Shadow Trail via Tarbell Trail
11 mi · ▲ 1,582 ft · 4 hr 27 min
L-1121 Road & Silver Shadow Trail via Tarbell Trail is an 11-mile out-and-back in Yacolt Burn State Forest near Dole, WA. It climbs 1,582 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 86/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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L-1121 Road & Silver Shadow Trail via Tarbell Trail
11 mi · ▲ 1,582 ft · 4 hr 27 min
Elevation 1,030–2,367 ft
Out & Back · Yacolt Burn State Forest
Trailhead: Bells Mountain Trail · 45.75265, -122.32939
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 7:44 PM
Toilets at the trailhead
- Start on Bells Mountain Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miSharp left, heading N.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Tarbell Trail, heading NW.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 1.5 miSharp right onto L-1123A Road, heading NE.
- 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 SE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Silver Shadow Trail, heading SE.
- 1 miTurn right onto Tarbell Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto L-1121 Road, heading S.
- 0.3 miReach Silver Shadow Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Tarbell Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Silver Shadow Trail, heading NW.
- 1 miBear left onto L-1120 Road, heading S.
- 50 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 SW.
- 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.
- 0.5 miArrive 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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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.8 mi in (~120 min). Leave by 5:24 PM for the 7:44 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:39 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
More from Bells Mountain Trail Trailhead
- Bells Mountain Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 164 ft
- Bells Mountain Trail 2 mi · ▲ 166 ft
- Tarbell Trail 2.9 mi · ▲ 217 ft
- Tarbell Trail 3.3 mi · ▲ 249 ft
- Tarbell Trail 4.6 mi · ▲ 513 ft
- Tarbell Trail 5 mi · ▲ 517 ft
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