Badger Lake–Echo Point, 10 sights
16 mi · ▲ 2,359 ft · 6 hr 31 min
Badger Lake–Echo Point, 10 sights is a 16-mile out-and-back in Badger Creek Wilderness near Sportsmans Park, OR. The route passes Little Boulder Lake and Echo Point before reaching Badger Lake at the turnaround, 7.8 miles in. It climbs 2,359 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 88/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Badger Lake–Echo Point, 10 sights
16 mi · ▲ 2,359 ft · 6 hr 31 min
Elevation 4,477–5,490 ft
Out & Back · Badger Creek Wilderness
Trailhead: Forest Road 4881-124 · 45.22994, -121.55544
Weather Sep 5: Light drizzle, high 55°F / low 39° · precip 26% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:38 PM
- Start on Forest Road 4881-124, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Forest Road 4881-123, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Forest Creek Trail #473, heading NW.
- 0.8 miPass Little Boulder Lake.
- 1.2 miPass Echo Point.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Hidden Meadows Trail #472, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Boulder Lake Trail #463, heading SW.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Forest Road 4891-120, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Forest Road 4891, heading W.
- 1.2 miBear right onto Forest Road 3550, heading NW.
- 1 miContinue straight onto Forest Road 4860, heading N.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Camp Windy Trail #685B, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Forest Road 4860, heading E.
- 250 ftSharp left onto Badger Creek Trail #479, heading E.
- 1.2 miPass Badger Lake.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear left onto Badger Lake Trail #479A, heading NE.
- 250 ftBear left, heading E.
- 250 ftReach Badger Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Badger Creek Trail #479, heading E.
- 1.3 miSharp right onto Forest Road 4860, heading E.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Camp Windy Trail #685B, heading E.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Forest Road 4860, heading E.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Forest Road 3550, heading W.
- 1 miBear left onto Forest Road 4891, heading SW.
- 1.2 miTurn left onto Forest Road 4891-120, heading SE.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Boulder Lake Trail #463, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Hidden Meadows Trail #472, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Forest Creek Trail #473, heading N.
- 2.3 miTurn left onto Forest Road 4881-123, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Forest Road 4881-124, heading SE.
- 0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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More from Forest Road 4881-124 Trailhead
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- Forest Road 4881-121–Forest Road 4881-123, 3 sights 4.7 mi · ▲ 802 ft
- Forest Creek Trail #473–Forest Road 4881-122, 4 sights 8.1 mi · ▲ 1,314 ft
- Bonney Butte–Echo Point, 8 sights 8.7 mi · ▲ 1,324 ft
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