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Elk Meadows Trail #645 is a 3.5-mile out-and-back in Mount Hood Wilderness near Government Camp, OR. It climbs 750 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 44/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi4,531 – 5,276 ft · steepest grade: 18%3.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 45.32552, -121.63474
Nearest town Government Camp, OR

Directions

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Elk Meadows Trail #645

3.5 mi · ▲ 750 ft · 1 hr 33 min

Elevation 4,530–5,277 ft

Out & Back · Mount Hood Wilderness

Trailhead: 45.32552, -121.63474

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:40 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 0.1 miTurn left onto Sahale Falls Trail #667C, heading N.
  3. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Elk Meadows Trail #645, heading NE.
  4. 1.6 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  5. 1.6 miContinue straight onto Sahale Falls Trail #667C, heading SW.
  6. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  7. 450 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

94% dirt6% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:40 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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