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Badger Creek Wilderness

Crane Creek Trail #478–Forest Road 140, 4 sights

12.7 mi · ▲ 2,402 ft · 5 hr 26 min

Crane Creek Trail #478–Forest Road 140, 4 sights is a 12.7-mile out-and-back in Badger Creek Wilderness near Sportsmans Park, OR. It climbs 2,402 ft, with sections as steep as 41% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 95/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi4,275 – 5,542 ft · steepest grade: 41%12.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Mud Spring Trail #466A 45.27704, -121.48941
Nearest town Sportsmans Park, OR
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Crane Creek Trail #478–Forest Road 140, 4 sights

12.7 mi · ▲ 2,402 ft · 5 hr 26 min

Elevation 4,276–5,541 ft

Out & Back · Badger Creek Wilderness

Trailhead: Mud Spring Trail #466A · 45.27704, -121.48941

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

  1. Start on Mud Spring Trail #466A, heading N.
  2. 0.3 miTurn left onto Three Mile Trail, heading W.
  3. 3.2 miSharp left onto Forest Road 140, heading S.
  4. 0.3 miSharp right onto Forest Road 4860, heading NW.
  5. 1.3 miTurn left onto Crane Creek Trail #478, heading S.
  6. 1.1 miReach Mud Spring Trail #466A, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 1.1 miTurn right onto Forest Road 4860, heading E.
  8. 1.3 miSharp left onto Forest Road 140, heading SE.
  9. 0.3 miSharp right onto Three Mile Trail, heading N.
  10. 3.2 miTurn right onto Mud Spring Trail #466A, heading E.
  11. 0.3 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/crane-creek-trail-478-forest-road-140-out-back-4-sights

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:40 PM

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