Divide Trail #458 Viewpoint & Oval Lake
2.7 mi · ▲ 741 ft · 1 hr 16 min
Divide Trail #458 Viewpoint & Oval Lake is a 2.7-mile out-and-back in Badger Creek Wilderness near Sportsmans Park, OR. The route passes Oval Lake before reaching Divide Trail #458 Viewpoint at the turnaround, 1.3 miles in. It climbs 741 ft, with sections as steep as 29% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 98/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Divide Trail #458 Viewpoint & Oval Lake
2.7 mi · ▲ 741 ft · 1 hr 16 min
Elevation 5,439–5,821 ft
Out & Back · Badger Creek Wilderness
Trailhead: Little Badger Trail #469 · 45.32351, -121.47589
Weather Sep 4: Light drizzle, high 47°F / low 36° · precip 38% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:40 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear right onto Divide Trail #458, heading N.
- 1.3 miPass Oval Lake.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftReach Divide Trail #458 Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.3 miBear left, heading SE.
- 150 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.6 mi in (~23 min). Leave by 6:57 PM for the 7:40 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:09 PM — 1 min before dark.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Little Badger Trail #469 Trailhead
- Flag Point via Forest Road 2730-200 1.3 mi · ▲ 197 ft
- West Point via Forest Road 2730-200 1.7 mi · ▲ 224 ft
- Palisade Point & Oval Lake via Divide Trail #458 3.1 mi · ▲ 854 ft
- Little Badger Trail #469–Tygh Creek Cutoff #460A Loop, 3 sights 3.9 mi · ▲ 934 ft
- Forest Road 2730-200 5.3 mi · ▲ 967 ft
- Junction Spring & Little Badger Trail #469 6.3 mi · ▲ 1,502 ft
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