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Knebal Spring–Bottle Prairie Trail #455, 4 sights

3 mi · ▲ 530 ft · 1 hr 16 min

Knebal Spring–Bottle Prairie Trail #455, 4 sights is a 3-mile out-and-back near Mount Hood, OR. The route reaches Knebal Spring at the turnaround, 1.5 miles in. It climbs 530 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 73/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi3,639 – 3,901 ft · steepest grade: 17%3.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Forest Road 4430-140 45.42934, -121.46120
Nearest town Mount Hood, OR
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Knebal Spring–Bottle Prairie Trail #455, 4 sights

3 mi · ▲ 530 ft · 1 hr 16 min

Elevation 3,638–3,901 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Forest Road 4430-140 · 45.42934, -121.46120

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

  1. Start on Forest Road 4430-140, heading W.
  2. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Bottle Prairie Trail #455, heading W.
  3. 1.1 miContinue straight onto Knebal Springs Trail #474, heading W.
  4. 0.1 miReach Knebal Spring, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Bottle Prairie Trail #455, heading E.
  6. 1.1 miContinue straight onto Forest Road 4430-140, heading NE.
  7. 0.3 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/knebal-spring-bottle-prairie-trail-455-out-back-4-sights-5-km

Trail surface

75% dirt25% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:40 PM

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