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Bottle Prairie Trail #455–Eightmile Loop Trail #496, 5 sights

11.4 mi · ▲ 2,127 ft · 4 hr 52 min

Bottle Prairie Trail #455–Eightmile Loop Trail #496, 5 sights is an 11.4-mile out-and-back near Mount Hood, OR. It climbs 2,127 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 60/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi3,639 – 4,951 ft11.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Forest Road 1720-150 45.43385, -121.47805
Nearest town Mount Hood, OR
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Bottle Prairie Trail #455–Eightmile Loop Trail #496, 5 sights

11.4 mi · ▲ 2,127 ft · 4 hr 52 min

Elevation 3,638–4,950 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Forest Road 1720-150 · 45.43385, -121.47805

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:40 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Knebal Springs Trail #474, heading E.
  2. 350 ftContinue straight onto Bottle Prairie Trail #455, heading E.
  3. 2.3 miTurn left onto Forest Road 4430-015, heading S.
  4. 0.1 miBear left onto Forest Road 4430-014, heading NE.
  5. 0.9 miReach Knebal Springs Trail #474, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 1.7 miSharp right onto Forest Road 1720-120, heading W.
  7. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Eightmile Loop Trail #496, heading SW.
  8. 1 miContinue straight onto Bottle Prairie Trail #455, heading SW.
  9. 0.4 miTurn right onto Knebal Springs Trail #474, heading S.
  10. 2.2 miTurn right onto Forest Road 1720-121, heading N.
  11. 0.1 miBear left onto Knebal Springs Trail #474, heading NE.
  12. 1.9 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/bottle-prairie-trail-455-eightmile-loop-trail-496-out-back-6-sights

Trail surface

74% dirt26% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:40 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.4 mi in (~87 min). Leave by 5:53 PM for the 7:40 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:54 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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