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Yacolt Burn State Forest

Tarbell Trail

5 mi · ▲ 517 ft · 1 hr 56 min

Tarbell Trail is a 5-mile out-and-back in Yacolt Burn State Forest near Dole, WA. It climbs 517 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 74/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi1,030 – 1,276 ft5.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Bells Mountain Trail 45.75265, -122.32939
Nearest town Dole, WA
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Tarbell Trail

5 mi · ▲ 517 ft · 1 hr 56 min

Elevation 1,030–1,278 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

  1. Start on Bells Mountain Trail, heading N.
  2. 0.5 miSharp left, heading N.
  3. 200 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  4. 0.2 miTurn left onto Tarbell Trail, heading NW.
  5. 0.7 miTurn right, heading SE.
  6. 0.8 miBear right, heading E.
  7. 0.1 miTurn right onto L-1123A Road, heading E.
  8. 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  9. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  10. 500 ftBear left onto Tarbell Trail, heading W.
  11. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Rock Creek Campground Road, heading SE.
  12. 0.1 miTurn left onto Tarbell Trail, heading W.
  13. 0.7 miTurn right, heading SW.
  14. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
  15. 200 ftSharp right onto Bells Mountain Trail, heading NW.
  16. 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.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/tarbell-trail-out-back-8-km-9d82

Trail surface

90% dirt10% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:35 AMSunset 7:44 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead

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