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Badger Creek Wilderness

Gunsight Trail #685 Viewpoint & Camp Windy Trail #685B via Forest Road 4860

5 mi · ▲ 843 ft · 2 hr 5 min

Gunsight Trail #685 Viewpoint & Camp Windy Trail #685B via Forest Road 4860 is a 5-mile out-and-back in Badger Creek Wilderness near Sportsmans Park, OR. The route reaches Gunsight Trail #685 Viewpoint at the turnaround, 2.5 miles in. It climbs 843 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 83/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi5,223 – 5,942 ft · steepest grade: 17%5.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Forest Road 4860 45.29150, -121.56800
Nearest town Sportsmans Park, OR
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Gunsight Trail #685 Viewpoint & Camp Windy Trail #685B via Forest Road 4860

5 mi · ▲ 843 ft · 2 hr 5 min

Elevation 5,225–5,942 ft

Out & Back · Badger Creek Wilderness

Trailhead: Forest Road 4860 · 45.29150, -121.56800

Weather Sep 4: Light drizzle, high 47°F / low 36° · precip 42% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:40 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. 500 ftContinue straight onto Camp Windy Trail #685B, heading W.
  5. 0.8 miTurn right onto Gunsight Trail #685, heading W.
  6. 1.6 miTurn left, heading NE.
  7. 50 ftReach Gunsight Trail #685 Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 1.6 miTurn left onto Camp Windy Trail #685B, heading SW.
  9. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Forest Road 4860, heading E.
  10. 500 ftContinue straight onto Camp Windy Trail #685B, heading E.
  11. 50 ftContinue straight onto Forest Road 4860, heading E.
  12. 250 ftArrive 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/gunsight-trail-685-viewpoint-camp-windy-trail-685b-out-back

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Light drizzleTemperature 47°F36°
Feels like45°Precip42%Wind5 mphUV4Humidity70%
Rained 0.6″ 2 days ago · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperatureRain chance
50°35° 12 AM: 4% rain1 AM: 10% rain2 AM: 8% rain3 AM: 6% rain4 AM: 9% rain5 AM: 17% rain6 AM: 16% rain7 AM: 16% rain8 AM: 21% rain9 AM: 24% rain10 AM: 18% rain11 AM: 8% rain12 PM: 8% rain1 PM: 12% rain2 PM: 24% rain3 PM: 32% rain4 PM: 42% rain5 PM: 38% rain6 PM: 37% rain7 PM: 33% rain8 PM: 25% rain9 PM: 13% rain10 PM: 5% rain11 PM: 3% rain
Sunrise 6:33 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:40 PM
Sat 50°39° 33%
Sun 51°41° 57%
Mon 60°38° 24%
Tue 63°41°
Wed 70°48°
Thu 69°52°

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