Echo Point–Forest Creek Trail #473 Viewpoint Loop, 8 sights
5.8 mi · ▲ 1,039 ft · 2 hr 27 min
Echo Point–Forest Creek Trail #473 Viewpoint Loop, 8 sights is a 5.8-mile loop near Sportsmans Park, OR. The route passes Little Boulder Lake, Forest Creek Trail #473 Viewpoint, Echo Point and 2 more. It climbs 1,039 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 86/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Echo Point–Forest Creek Trail #473 Viewpoint Loop, 8 sights
5.8 mi · ▲ 1,039 ft · 2 hr 27 min
Elevation 4,543–5,420 ft
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Trailhead: Forest Road 4881-123 · 45.25055, -121.56087
Weather Sep 5: Light drizzle, high 54°F / low 38° · precip 27% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:38 PM
- Start on Forest Road 4881-123, heading S.
- 50 ftPass Little Boulder Lake.
- 1 miTurn right onto Forest Creek Trail #473, heading NW.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftReach Echo Point, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftPass Forest Creek Trail #473 Viewpoint.
- 1.2 miPass Echo Point.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Hidden Meadows Trail #472, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Boulder Lake Trail #463, heading N.
- 1.5 miPass Boulder Lake.
- 500 ftPass Spinning Lake.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Little Boulder Trail #463A, heading S.
- 0.6 miThe loop closes 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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More from Forest Road 4881-123 Trailhead
- Little Boulder Lake & Forest Road 4881-123 2.3 mi · ▲ 337 ft
- Forest Creek Trail #473 Viewpoint & Little Boulder Lake 3.6 mi · ▲ 508 ft
- Little Boulder Lake–Forest Creek Trail #473, 3 sights 5.8 mi · ▲ 887 ft
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