Divide Trail #458 Viewpoint–Badger Lake, 7 sights
10.8 mi · ▲ 2,863 ft · 5 hr 2 min
Divide Trail #458 Viewpoint–Badger Lake, 7 sights is a 10.8-mile out-and-back in Badger Creek Wilderness near Sportsmans Park, OR. The route passes Badger Lake, Jack Springs and Gumjuwac Saddle before reaching Divide Trail #458 Viewpoint at the turnaround, 5.4 miles in. It climbs 2,863 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 88/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Divide Trail #458 Viewpoint–Badger Lake, 7 sights
10.8 mi · ▲ 2,863 ft · 5 hr 2 min
Elevation 4,582–6,398 ft
Out & Back · Badger Creek Wilderness
Trailhead: Forest Road 4860 · 45.29150, -121.56800
Weather Sep 4: Light drizzle, high 46°F / low 36° · precip 42% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:40 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Badger Creek Trail #479, heading NW.
- 1.2 miBear left onto Divide Trail #458, heading N.
- 50 ftPass Badger Lake.
- 2.3 miPass Jack Springs.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Forest Road 3550, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear left onto Divide Trail #458, heading N.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Gunsight Trail #685, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Forest Road 3550, heading NE.
- 50 ftPass Gumjuwac Saddle.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Divide Trail #458, heading NE.
- 1.8 miReach Divide Trail #458 Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.8 miContinue straight onto Forest Road 3550, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Gunsight Trail #685, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Divide Trail #458, heading W.
- 300 ftBear right onto Forest Road 3550, heading S.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Divide Trail #458, heading S.
- 2.3 miBear right onto Badger Creek Trail #479, heading S.
- 1.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Forest Road 4860 Trailhead
- Badger Lake & Badger Creek Trail #479 2.9 mi · ▲ 735 ft
- Forest Road 140 via Forest Road 4860 3.3 mi · ▲ 476 ft
- Camp Windy Trail #685B–Forest Road 4860 Loop, 3 sights 3.6 mi · ▲ 502 ft
- Jean Lake & Camp Windy Trail #685B via Forest Road 3550 4.9 mi · ▲ 739 ft
- Gunsight Trail #685 Viewpoint & Camp Windy Trail #685B via Forest Road 4860 5 mi · ▲ 843 ft
- Jean Lake–Camp Windy Trail #685B, 3 sights 6 mi · ▲ 1,032 ft
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