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Echo Point–Forest Creek Trail #473 Viewpoint, 8 sights

10.3 mi · ▲ 1,302 ft · 4 hr 5 min

Echo Point–Forest Creek Trail #473 Viewpoint, 8 sights is a 10.3-mile out-and-back near Sportsmans Park, OR. The route passes Echo Point and Little Boulder Lake before reaching Forest Creek Trail #473 Viewpoint at the turnaround, 5.1 miles in. It climbs 1,302 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 89/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi4,853 – 5,489 ft · steepest grade: 18%10.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Forest Road 4860 45.29150, -121.56800
Nearest town Sportsmans Park, OR
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Echo Point–Forest Creek Trail #473 Viewpoint, 8 sights

10.3 mi · ▲ 1,302 ft · 4 hr 5 min

Elevation 4,853–5,490 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Forest Road 4860 · 45.29150, -121.56800

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Forest Road 4860, heading W.
  2. 250 ftContinue straight onto Camp Windy Trail #685B, heading SW.
  3. 50 ftContinue straight onto Forest Road 4860, heading W.
  4. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Forest Road 3550, heading W.
  5. 1 miBear left onto Forest Road 4891, heading SW.
  6. 1.2 miTurn left onto Forest Road 4891-120, heading E.
  7. 0.2 miSharp left onto Boulder Lake Trail #463, heading E.
  8. 0.2 miTurn right onto Hidden Meadows Trail #472, heading N.
  9. 0.3 miTurn left onto Forest Creek Trail #473, heading S.
  10. 0.2 miPass Echo Point.
  11. 1.2 miPass Little Boulder Lake.
  12. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  13. 50 ftPass Forest Creek Trail #473 Viewpoint.
  14. 50 ftReach Echo Point, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 1.5 miTurn right onto Hidden Meadows Trail #472, heading W.
  16. 0.3 miTurn left onto Boulder Lake Trail #463, heading NW.
  17. 0.2 miSharp right onto Forest Road 4891-120, heading S.
  18. 0.2 miTurn right onto Forest Road 4891, heading W.
  19. 1.2 miBear right onto Forest Road 3550, heading NW.
  20. 1 miContinue straight onto Forest Road 4860, heading N.
  21. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Camp Windy Trail #685B, heading NE.
  22. 50 ftContinue straight onto Forest Road 4860, heading NE.
  23. 200 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/echo-point-forest-creek-trail-473-viewpoint-out-back-8-sights-ab67

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:38 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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