Badger Lake & Badger Creek Cutoff Trail #477 via Badger Creek Trail #479
13 mi · ▲ 2,957 ft · 5 hr 49 min
Badger Lake & Badger Creek Cutoff Trail #477 via Badger Creek Trail #479 is a 13-mile out-and-back in Badger Creek Wilderness near Sportsmans Park, OR. The route reaches Badger Lake at the turnaround, 6.4 miles in. It climbs 2,957 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 96/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Badger Lake & Badger Creek Cutoff Trail #477 via Badger Creek Trail #479
13 mi · ▲ 2,957 ft · 5 hr 49 min
Elevation 3,553–5,444 ft
Out & Back · Badger Creek Wilderness
Trailhead: Little Badger Trail #469 · 45.32351, -121.47589
Weather Sep 4: Light drizzle, high 47°F / low 36° · precip 38% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:40 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Badger Creek Cutoff Trail #477, heading W.
- 3.1 miTurn right onto Badger Creek Trail #479, heading NW.
- 3.3 miTurn left, 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 NW.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Badger Creek Trail #479, heading NE.
- 3.3 miTurn left onto Badger Creek Cutoff Trail #477, heading SE.
- 3.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftArrive 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~2 min). Leave by 7:18 PM for the 7:40 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:57 PM — 13 min before dark.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Little Badger Trail #469 Trailhead
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- Palisade Point & Oval Lake via Divide Trail #458 3.1 mi · ▲ 854 ft
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