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Badger Creek Wilderness

Forest Road 4891-231 via Bonney Meadows Trail #471

9.5 mi · ▲ 2,005 ft · 4 hr 10 min

Forest Road 4891-231 via Bonney Meadows Trail #471 is a 9.5-mile out-and-back in Badger Creek Wilderness near Government Camp, OR. It climbs 2,005 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 76/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi3,829 – 5,187 ft · steepest grade: 19%9.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 45.24240, -121.60685
Nearest town Government Camp, OR
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Forest Road 4891-231 via Bonney Meadows Trail #471

9.5 mi · ▲ 2,005 ft · 4 hr 10 min

Elevation 3,830–5,186 ft

Out & Back · Badger Creek Wilderness

Trailhead: 45.24240, -121.60685

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 0.4 miTurn right onto Bonney Meadows Trail #471, heading E.
  3. 1.6 miSharp right onto Forest Road 4891, heading S.
  4. 2.3 miBear left onto Forest Road 4891-231, heading N.
  5. 0.4 miReach Forest Road 4891-231, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.4 miBear right onto Forest Road 4891, heading SW.
  7. 2.3 miSharp left onto Bonney Meadows Trail #471, heading SW.
  8. 1.6 miTurn left, heading SW.
  9. 0.4 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-4891-231-out-back

Trail surface

88% dirt12% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:40 PM

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