Bottle Prairie Trail #455–Forest Road 1700-684, 7 sights

13.4 mi · ▲ 1,815 ft · 5 hr 22 min

Bottle Prairie Trail #455–Forest Road 1700-684, 7 sights is a 13.4-mile out-and-back near Parkdale, OR. It climbs 1,815 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 56/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi3,688 – 4,951 ft13.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Forest Road 1720-120 45.39504, -121.49979
Nearest town Parkdale, OR · Official trailhead info (oregonhikers.org)

Directions

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Bottle Prairie Trail #455–Forest Road 1700-684, 7 sights

13.4 mi · ▲ 1,815 ft · 5 hr 22 min

Elevation 3,687–4,950 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Forest Road 1720-120 · 45.39504, -121.49979

Weather Sep 4: Light drizzle, high 51°F / low 40° · precip 34% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:40 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Bottle Prairie Trail #455, heading NW.
  2. 250 ftContinue straight onto Knebal Springs Trail #474, heading NW.
  3. 2.2 miTurn left onto Super Connector Trail, heading NW.
  4. 1.8 miTurn left onto Super Connector, heading W.
  5. 50 ftTurn left onto Super Connector Trail, heading W.
  6. 150 ftTurn right onto Surveyor's Ridge Trail #688, heading N.
  7. 0.9 miSharp left onto Forest Road 1700-680, heading NW.
  8. 1.4 miContinue straight onto Forest Road 1700-684, heading W.
  9. 0.1 miTurn left onto Forest Road 1700-685, heading N.
  10. 0.3 miReach Bottle Prairie Trail #455, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 0.3 miTurn right onto Forest Road 1700-684, heading SE.
  12. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Forest Road 1700-680, heading S.
  13. 1.4 miSharp right onto Surveyor's Ridge Trail #688, heading N.
  14. 0.9 miTurn left onto Super Connector Trail, heading S.
  15. 100 ftTurn right onto Super Connector, heading SE.
  16. 50 ftTurn right onto Super Connector Trail, heading SE.
  17. 1.8 miTurn right onto Knebal Springs Trail #474, heading SE.
  18. 2.2 miContinue straight onto Bottle Prairie Trail #455, heading NE.
  19. 100 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

66% dirt34% unspecified

Weather

Light drizzleTemperature 51°F40°
Feels like44°Precip34%Wind3 mphUV3Humidity83%
Rained 0.3″ 2 days ago · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperatureRain chance
55°40° 12 AM: 3% rain1 AM: 10% rain2 AM: 8% rain3 AM: 3% rain4 AM: 6% rain5 AM: 13% rain6 AM: 15% rain7 AM: 13% rain8 AM: 15% rain9 AM: 18% rain10 AM: 17% rain11 AM: 7% rain12 PM: 6% rain1 PM: 10% rain2 PM: 17% rain3 PM: 27% rain4 PM: 34% rain5 PM: 34% rain6 PM: 34% rain7 PM: 30% rain8 PM: 25% rain9 PM: 10% rain10 PM: 4% rain11 PM: 5% rain
Sunrise 6:32 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:40 PM
Sat 53°40° 34%
Sun 53°43° 60%
Mon 62°41° 17%
Tue 65°44°
Wed 73°51°
Thu 72°53°

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 4.9 mi in (~131 min). Leave by 5:09 PM for the 7:40 PM sunset. Back at your car by 10:23 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

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