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Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness

Horsetail Creek Trail #425

12.5 mi · ▲ 2,617 ft · 5 hr 29 min

Horsetail Creek Trail #425 is a 12.5-mile out-and-back in Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness near Dodson, OR. It climbs 2,617 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade. It scores 86/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi2,677 – 3,714 ft · steepest grade: 18%12.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 45.55101, -122.01195
Nearest town Dodson, OR
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Horsetail Creek Trail #425

12.5 mi · ▲ 2,617 ft · 5 hr 29 min

Elevation 2,679–3,713 ft

Out & Back · Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness

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. 3.2 miTurn left onto Horsetail Creek Trail #425, heading W.
  3. 3.1 miReach Horsetail Creek Trail #425, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  4. 3.1 miTurn right onto Forest Road 2000-222, heading S.
  5. 1.1 miContinue straight onto Nesmitt Point Road, heading SW.
  6. 2.1 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/horsetail-creek-trail-425-out-back

Trail surface

49% dirt51% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:42 PM

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