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Badger Creek Wilderness

Gunsight Trail #685 Viewpoint–Divide Trail #458 Viewpoint, 7 sights

10.3 mi · ▲ 2,433 ft · 4 hr 39 min

Gunsight Trail #685 Viewpoint–Divide Trail #458 Viewpoint, 7 sights is a 10.3-mile out-and-back in Badger Creek Wilderness near Parkdale, OR. The route passes Divide Trail #458 Viewpoint, Gumjuwac Saddle and Jack Springs before reaching Gunsight Trail #685 Viewpoint at the turnaround, 5.1 miles in. It climbs 2,433 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 80/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi5,220 – 6,401 ft · steepest grade: 18%10.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: High Prairie Trail #493 45.35191, -121.53113
Nearest town Parkdale, OR
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Gunsight Trail #685 Viewpoint–Divide Trail #458 Viewpoint, 7 sights

10.3 mi · ▲ 2,433 ft · 4 hr 39 min

Elevation 5,221–6,401 ft

Out & Back · Badger Creek Wilderness

Trailhead: High Prairie Trail #493 · 45.35191, -121.53113

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:40 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on High Prairie Trail #493, heading S.
  2. 0.7 miBear left, heading S.
  3. 0.2 miPass Divide Trail #458 Viewpoint.
  4. 50 ftBear right onto Divide Trail #458, heading E.
  5. 1.8 miPass Gumjuwac Saddle.
  6. 100 ftContinue straight onto Forest Road 3550, heading SW.
  7. 50 ftBear right onto Gunsight Trail #685, heading SW.
  8. 50 ftContinue straight onto Divide Trail #458, heading SW.
  9. 300 ftBear right onto Forest Road 3550, heading S.
  10. 50 ftPass Jack Springs.
  11. 150 ftContinue straight onto Divide Trail #458, heading S.
  12. 200 ftContinue straight onto Forest Road 3550, heading S.
  13. 1.4 miContinue straight onto Gunsight Trail #685, heading W.
  14. 250 ftContinue straight onto Forest Road 3550, heading W.
  15. 100 ftContinue straight onto Gunsight Trail #685, heading W.
  16. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Forest Road 3550, heading SW.
  17. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Gunsight Trail #685, heading SW.
  18. 450 ftContinue straight onto Forest Road 3550, heading SW.
  19. 100 ftContinue straight onto Gunsight Trail #685, heading SW.
  20. 100 ftContinue straight onto Forest Road 3550, heading SW.
  21. 50 ftBear right onto Gunsight Trail #685, heading SW.
  22. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
  23. 50 ftReach Gunsight Trail #685 Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  24. 0.3 miBear left onto Forest Road 3550, heading NE.
  25. 50 ftContinue straight onto Gunsight Trail #685, heading NE.
  26. 50 ftContinue straight onto Forest Road 3550, heading NE.
  27. 150 ftContinue straight onto Gunsight Trail #685, heading NE.
  28. 450 ftContinue straight onto Forest Road 3550, heading E.
  29. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Gunsight Trail #685, heading NE.
  30. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Forest Road 3550, heading N.
  31. 50 ftContinue straight onto Gunsight Trail #685, heading N.
  32. 300 ftContinue straight onto Forest Road 3550, heading NE.
  33. 1.4 miContinue straight onto Divide Trail #458, heading NE.
  34. 150 ftContinue straight onto Forest Road 3550, heading NE.
  35. 150 ftBear left onto Divide Trail #458, heading NE.
  36. 300 ftContinue straight onto Gunsight Trail #685, heading N.
  37. 100 ftBear left onto Forest Road 3550, heading N.
  38. 50 ftContinue straight onto Divide Trail #458, heading N.
  39. 1.8 miBear left onto High Prairie Trail #493, heading S.
  40. 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
  41. 0.7 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/gunsight-trail-685-viewpoint-divide-trail-458-viewpoint-out-back-9-sights

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:40 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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