Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest · Washington

Shadow of the Sentinels

0.5 mi of trail, end to end · asphalt surface · trail No. 623 · trail class 5 · typical grade 0-5% · tread 36-48 inches wide · hiking

Begins at the forest's mile 0, 48.6694, -121.7165 - no trailhead mapped Drive to where the trail begins

Shadow of the Sentinels Interpretive Site the Forest Service's write-up

$5/vehicle/day

Provides access to: Shadow of the SentinelsTrail 623, an accessible interpretive trail winding through dense forest growth.

Huge Douglas fir and cedar trees tower above a forest floor of ferns, moss and berry bushes. Signs along the route explain the dynamics of this 500-year-old forest.

The trail is built of asphalt and boardwalks with grades no greater than 8 percent.

WTA Trip Reports

This hike on fs.usda.gov

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About this trail's facts

The lines are the US Forest Service's National Forest System trails layer (public domain), read 2026-10-16 and simplified for the map; the length is the line's, end to end, and the class, surface, grade and tread width are the forest's own entries where it publishes them - a forest that publishes the centreline alone has none. The trailheads and the points along the way are the Service's recreation points, and the write-ups its own recarea text, unedited. Heights come from USGS 3DEP through Terrain Tiles on AWS (Mapzen/Tilezen), read along each line and rounded; a short trail on steep ground can be off by a few tens of feet. Closures change: check the forest's own site before you go.