Badger Creek Wilderness

Divide Trail #458 Viewpoint–Fifteenmile Trail #456, 5 sights

11 mi · ▲ 2,016 ft · 4 hr 40 min

Divide Trail #458 Viewpoint–Fifteenmile Trail #456, 5 sights is an 11-mile out-and-back in Badger Creek Wilderness near Sportsmans Park, OR. The route reaches Divide Trail #458 Viewpoint at the turnaround, 5.3 miles in. It climbs 2,016 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 81/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi4,774 – 6,447 ft · steepest grade: 17%11.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Fifteenmile Trail #456 45.35478, -121.46938
Nearest town Sportsmans Park, OR

Directions

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Divide Trail #458 Viewpoint–Fifteenmile Trail #456, 5 sights

11 mi · ▲ 2,016 ft · 4 hr 40 min

Elevation 4,772–6,448 ft

Out & Back · Badger Creek Wilderness

Trailhead: Fifteenmile Trail #456 · 45.35478, -121.46938

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

  1. Start on Fifteenmile Trail #456, heading W.
  2. 1.8 miTurn left onto Lookout Mountain Trail #450, heading SW.
  3. 1.3 miBear right onto Forest Road 4420, heading NW.
  4. 1.3 miTurn left onto High Prairie Trail #493, heading S.
  5. 0.7 miBear left, heading SW.
  6. 0.2 miPass Divide Trail #458 Viewpoint.
  7. 50 ftBear left onto Divide Trail #458, heading E.
  8. 0.2 miReach Divide Trail #458 Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.2 miBear right onto High Prairie Trail #493, heading SW.
  10. 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
  11. 0.7 miTurn right onto Forest Road 4420, heading N.
  12. 1.3 miBear left onto Lookout Mountain Trail #450, heading S.
  13. 1.2 miTurn right onto Fifteenmile Trail #456, heading E.
  14. 1.8 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:40 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 5.5 mi in (~191 min). Leave by 4:09 PM for the 7:40 PM sunset. Back at your car by 10:15 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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