Badger Creek Cutoff Trail #477 & Forest Road 2730-200 via Badger Creek Trail #479
12.8 mi · ▲ 3,172 ft · 5 hr 51 min
Badger Creek Cutoff Trail #477 & Forest Road 2730-200 via Badger Creek Trail #479 is a 12.8-mile out-and-back in Badger Creek Wilderness near Sportsmans Park, OR. It climbs 3,172 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade, and is mostly gravel. It scores 96/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Badger Creek Cutoff Trail #477 & Forest Road 2730-200 via Badger Creek Trail #479
12.8 mi · ▲ 3,172 ft · 5 hr 51 min
Elevation 3,335–5,440 ft
Out & Back · Badger Creek Wilderness
Trailhead: Forest Road 2730-200 · 45.34671, -121.45421
Weather Sep 4: Light drizzle, high 53°F / low 40° · precip 34% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:40 PM
- Start on Forest Road 2730-200, heading S.
- 2.6 miContinue straight onto Divide Trail #458, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Badger Creek Cutoff Trail #477, heading W.
- 3.1 miTurn left onto Badger Creek Trail #479, heading SE.
- 0.7 miReach Forest Road 2730-200, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Badger Creek Cutoff Trail #477, heading N.
- 3.1 miTurn left onto Divide Trail #458, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Forest Road 2730-200, heading NE.
- 2.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.7 mi in (~94 min). Leave by 5:46 PM for the 7:40 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:00 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
More from Forest Road 2730-200 Trailhead
- West Point & Forest Road 2730-200 7 mi · ▲ 1,183 ft
- Divide Trail #458 Viewpoint–Oval Lake, 3 sights 7.8 mi · ▲ 1,734 ft
- Flag Point–Douglas Cabin Trail, 3 sights 13.7 mi · ▲ 3,351 ft
- Forest Road 2711-011–Forest Road 2730-200, 4 sights 14.5 mi · ▲ 3,899 ft
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