Badger Lake–Badger Creek Trail #479, 4 sights
8.8 mi · ▲ 2,157 ft · 4 hr 1 min
Badger Lake–Badger Creek Trail #479, 4 sights is an 8.8-mile out-and-back in Badger Creek Wilderness near Sportsmans Park, OR. The route reaches Badger Lake at the turnaround, 4.4 miles in. It climbs 2,157 ft, with sections as steep as 37% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 91/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Badger Lake–Badger Creek Trail #479, 4 sights
8.8 mi · ▲ 2,157 ft · 4 hr 1 min
Elevation 4,019–5,228 ft
Out & Back · Badger Creek Wilderness
Trailhead: Boulder Lake Trail #463 · 45.25896, -121.55949
Weather Sep 5: Light drizzle, high 56°F / low 39° · precip 23% · wind 1 mph · sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:38 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Boulder Lake Trail #463, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Crane Creek Trail #478, heading N.
- 2.7 miTurn left onto Badger Creek Trail #479, heading NE.
- 1.2 miReach Badger Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.2 miTurn right onto Crane Creek Trail #478, heading SW.
- 2.7 miTurn right onto Boulder Lake Trail #463, heading SW.
- 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.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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