Powell Butte Nature Park

Cedar Grove Trail–Douglas Fir Trail, 6 sights

5 mi · ▲ 393 ft · 1 hr 52 min

Cedar Grove Trail–Douglas Fir Trail, 6 sights is a 5-mile out-and-back in Powell Butte Nature Park near Rockwood, OR. It climbs 393 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi243 – 604 ft5.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 45.48219, -122.48960
Nearest town Rockwood, OR

Directions

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Cedar Grove Trail–Douglas Fir Trail, 6 sights

5 mi · ▲ 393 ft · 1 hr 52 min

Elevation 242–602 ft

Out & Back · Powell Butte Nature Park

Trailhead: 45.48219, -122.48960

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:44 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Southeast Circle Avenue, heading NW.
  2. 0.1 miTurn left onto Springwater Corridor, heading SW.
  3. 1.1 miContinue straight onto Cedar Grove Trail, heading NW.
  4. 0.5 miSharp left onto Elderberry Trail, heading N.
  5. 0.3 miReach Cedar Grove Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Pipeline Lane, heading E.
  7. 0.3 miTurn right onto Forest Edge Trail, heading E.
  8. 50 ftBear left onto Meadowland Lane, heading E.
  9. 0.4 miTurn right onto Douglas Fir Trail, heading E.
  10. 0.5 miTurn left, heading SW.
  11. 0.2 miTurn right onto Hawthorn Trail, heading E.
  12. 0.1 miBear left onto Cedar Grove Trail, heading SE.
  13. 250 ftContinue straight onto Springwater Corridor, heading W.
  14. 1.1 miTurn right onto Southeast Circle Avenue, heading NE.
  15. 150 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

47% dirt29% paved19% gravel5% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:44 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.0 mi in (~55 min). Leave by 6:29 PM for the 7:44 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:47 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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