Badger Creek Wilderness

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.

Elevation

0 mi5,975 – 6,532 ft · steepest grade: 35%3.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: High Prairie Trail #493 45.35191, -121.53113
Nearest town Parkdale, OR

Directions

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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: 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 left onto Divide Trail #458, heading N.
  5. 0.3 miPass Lookout Mountain.
  6. 500 ftTurn left onto Senecal Spring Trail, heading SE.
  7. 500 ftPass Senecal Spring.
  8. 50 ftReach Lookout Mountain, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.1 miTurn right onto Divide Trail #458, heading S.
  10. 0.2 miSharp right onto High Prairie Trail #493, heading NW.
  11. 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
  12. 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.

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:40 PM

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.

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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