Tarbell Trail
10 mi · ▲ 1,216 ft · 3 hr 56 min
Tarbell Trail is a 10-mile out-and-back in Yacolt Burn State Forest near Dole, WA. It climbs 1,216 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 78/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Tarbell Trail
10 mi · ▲ 1,216 ft · 3 hr 56 min
Elevation 878–1,519 ft
Out & Back · Yacolt Burn State Forest
Trailhead: L-1300 Road · 45.76900, -122.34424
Weather Sep 4: Drizzle, high 66°F / low 50° · precip 55% · wind 1 mph · sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 7:44 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Bells Mountain Trail, heading SE.
- 1.9 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Tarbell Trail, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 1.5 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 1.4 miContinue straight onto Rock Creek Campground Road, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Tarbell Trail, heading SE.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 200 ftSharp right onto Bells Mountain Trail, heading SW.
- 2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.6 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 5.0 mi in (~144 min). Leave by 4:59 PM for the 7:44 PM sunset. Back at your car by 10:11 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
More from L-1300 Road Trailhead
- Bells Mountain Trail 4.3 mi · ▲ 414 ft
- Cold Creek Campground Connector via Bells Mountain Trail 5 mi · ▲ 496 ft
- Tarbell Trail 7.4 mi · ▲ 783 ft
- Tarbell Trail 9.1 mi · ▲ 986 ft
- Bells Mountain Trail 10.2 mi · ▲ 1,566 ft
- L-1123C Road via Tarbell Trail 10.6 mi · ▲ 1,270 ft
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