Bonney Butte–Echo Point, 8 sights
8.7 mi · ▲ 1,324 ft · 3 hr 34 min
Bonney Butte–Echo Point, 8 sights is an 8.7-mile out-and-back near Sportsmans Park, OR. The route passes Little Boulder Lake and Echo Point before reaching Bonney Butte at the turnaround, 4.4 miles in. It climbs 1,324 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 84/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Bonney Butte–Echo Point, 8 sights
8.7 mi · ▲ 1,324 ft · 3 hr 34 min
Elevation 4,555–5,584 ft
Out & Back
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.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Forest Road 4891-130, heading NW.
- 0.5 miReach Bonney Butte, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Forest Road 4891, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Forest Road 4891-120, heading E.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Boulder Lake Trail #463, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Hidden Meadows Trail #472, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Forest Creek Trail #473, heading S.
- 2.3 miTurn left onto Forest Road 4881-123, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Forest Road 4881-124, heading S.
- 0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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More from Forest Road 4881-124 Trailhead
- Forest Creek Trail #473–Forest Road 4881-123, 3 sights 2.8 mi · ▲ 440 ft
- 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
- Badger Lake–Echo Point, 10 sights 16 mi · ▲ 2,359 ft
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