Logging Road & Mystery Bridge Trail - old logging grade via Palmer Mill Road
8.1 mi · ▲ 1,050 ft · 3 hr 13 min
Logging Road & Mystery Bridge Trail - old logging grade via Palmer Mill Road is an 8.1-mile out-and-back near Bridal Veil, OR. It climbs 1,050 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 83/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Logging Road & Mystery Bridge Trail - old logging grade via Palmer Mill Road
8.1 mi · ▲ 1,050 ft · 3 hr 13 min
Elevation 1,465–2,371 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Mystery Bridge Trail - old logging grade · 45.53526, -122.12501
Weather Sep 4: Rain, high 58°F / low 47° · precip 70% · wind 2 mph · sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:43 PM
- Start on Mystery Bridge Trail - old logging grade, heading E.
- 100 ftSharp right, heading SW.
- 250 ftBear right onto Giant Cedar Loop, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 400 ftContinue straight onto MCR550/Logging Grade, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
- 1.2 miContinue straight onto Logging Road, heading NE.
- 200 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.7 miSharp left, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Palmer Mill Road, heading SW.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Logging Road, heading W.
- 0.3 miReach Mystery Bridge Trail - old logging grade, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Palmer Mill Road, heading NE.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.4 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.7 miBear right onto Logging Road, heading SE.
- 1.3 miTurn left onto MCR550/Logging Grade, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Giant Cedar Loop, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 250 ftSharp left onto Mystery Bridge Trail - old logging grade, heading E.
- 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 1.1 mi in (~27 min). Leave by 6:55 PM for the 7:43 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:35 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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