Lookout Mountain–Divide Trail #458 Viewpoint, 4 sights
3 mi · ▲ 784 ft · 1 hr 24 min
Lookout Mountain–Divide Trail #458 Viewpoint, 4 sights is a 3-mile out-and-back in Badger Creek Wilderness near Parkdale, OR. The route passes Divide Trail #458 Viewpoint and Lookout Mountain before reaching Senecal Spring at the turnaround, 1.4 miles in. It climbs 784 ft, with sections as steep as 35% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 80/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Lookout Mountain–Divide Trail #458 Viewpoint, 4 sights
3 mi · ▲ 784 ft · 1 hr 24 min
Elevation 5,973–6,533 ft
Out & Back · Badger Creek Wilderness
Trailhead: High Prairie Trail #493 · 45.35191, -121.53113
Weather Sep 4: Light drizzle, high 44°F / low 34° · precip 38% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:40 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on High Prairie Trail #493, heading S.
- 0.7 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.2 miPass Divide Trail #458 Viewpoint.
- 50 ftBear left onto Divide Trail #458, heading N.
- 0.3 miPass Lookout Mountain.
- 500 ftTurn left onto Senecal Spring Trail, heading SE.
- 500 ftPass Senecal Spring.
- 50 ftReach Lookout Mountain, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Divide Trail #458, heading S.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto High Prairie Trail #493, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.9 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.1 mi in (~42 min). Leave by 6:38 PM for the 7:40 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:22 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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