Badger Lake & Badger Creek Trail #479
2.9 mi · ▲ 735 ft · 1 hr 20 min
Badger Lake & Badger Creek Trail #479 is a 2.9-mile out-and-back in Badger Creek Wilderness near Sportsmans Park, OR. The route reaches Badger Lake at the turnaround, 1.2 miles in. It climbs 735 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 94/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Badger Lake & Badger Creek Trail #479
2.9 mi · ▲ 735 ft · 1 hr 20 min
Elevation 4,481–5,227 ft
Out & Back · Badger Creek Wilderness
Trailhead: Forest Road 4860 · 45.29150, -121.56800
Weather Sep 4: Light drizzle, high 47°F / low 36° · precip 42% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:40 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Badger Creek Trail #479, heading NW.
- 1.2 miPass Badger Lake.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 150 ftBear left onto Badger Lake Trail #479A, heading SE.
- 0.1 miReach Badger Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Badger Creek Trail #479, heading SW.
- 1.3 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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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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