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Bull Run Watershed Management Unit

Forest Road 023 & Moffett Creek Trail #430

13.7 mi · ▲ 2,591 ft · 5 hr 52 min

Forest Road 023 & Moffett Creek Trail #430 is a 13.7-mile out-and-back in Bull Run Watershed Management Unit near Dodson, OR. It climbs 2,591 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade. It scores 92/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi2,982 – 3,881 ft · steepest grade: 21%13.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 45.55101, -122.01195
Nearest town Dodson, OR
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Forest Road 023 & Moffett Creek Trail #430

13.7 mi · ▲ 2,591 ft · 5 hr 52 min

Elevation 2,982–3,881 ft

Out & Back · Bull Run Watershed Management Unit

Trailhead: 45.55101, -122.01195

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:42 PM

  1. Start on Nesmitt Point Road, heading NW.
  2. 2.9 miBear right onto Moffett Creek Trail #430, heading NE.
  3. 1.9 miBear right onto Talapus Ridge Road, heading S.
  4. 500 ftContinue straight onto Talapus River Road, heading SW.
  5. 1.1 miSharp left onto Forest Road 023, heading SE.
  6. 0.8 miReach Moffett Creek Trail #430, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.8 miSharp right onto Talapus River Road, heading E.
  8. 1.1 miContinue straight onto Talapus Ridge Road, heading NE.
  9. 500 ftBear left onto Moffett Creek Trail #430, heading NW.
  10. 1.9 miBear left onto Nesmitt Point Road, heading S.
  11. 2.9 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/forest-road-023-moffett-creek-trail-430-out-back

Trail surface

40% dirt60% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:42 PM

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