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Clinger Spring–Cooks Meadow Trail #639, 6 sights

13 mi · ▲ 2,725 ft · 5 hr 42 min

Clinger Spring–Cooks Meadow Trail #639, 6 sights is a 13-mile out-and-back near Parkdale, OR. The route reaches Clinger Spring. It climbs 2,725 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 11/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi2,877 – 4,902 ft · steepest grade: 25%13.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: East Fork Trail #650 45.41734, -121.57031
Nearest town Parkdale, OR
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Clinger Spring–Cooks Meadow Trail #639, 6 sights

13 mi · ▲ 2,725 ft · 5 hr 42 min

Elevation 2,876–4,903 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: East Fork Trail #650 · 45.41734, -121.57031

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:38 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on East Fork Trail #650, heading W.
  2. 0.6 miSharp left, heading NE.
  3. 1.1 miBear left onto Surveyor's Ridge Trail #688, heading S.
  4. 0.9 miPass Clinger Spring.
  5. 1.4 miTurn right onto Cooks Meadow Trail #639, heading S.
  6. 1.8 miSharp right onto Forest Road 4410-140, heading NW.
  7. 0.8 miReach Clinger Spring, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.8 miSharp left onto Cooks Meadow Trail #639, heading NE.
  9. 1.7 miTurn left onto Surveyor's Ridge Trail #688, heading W.
  10. 2.3 miBear right onto Zigzag Trail #678, heading N.
  11. 1.1 miSharp right onto East Fork Trail #650, heading SW.
  12. 0.6 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/clinger-spring-cooks-meadow-trail-639-out-back-6-sights

Trail surface

89% dirt11% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:38 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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