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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
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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

  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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/lookout-mountain-divide-trail-458-viewpoint-out-back-4-sights

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Light drizzleTemperature 44°F34°
Feels like38°Precip38%Wind4 mphUV3Humidity89%
Rained 0.4″ 2 days ago · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperatureRain chance
45°30° 12 AM: 3% rain1 AM: 11% rain2 AM: 8% rain3 AM: 5% rain4 AM: 7% rain5 AM: 14% rain6 AM: 16% rain7 AM: 15% rain8 AM: 19% rain9 AM: 21% rain10 AM: 19% rain11 AM: 8% rain12 PM: 7% rain1 PM: 10% rain2 PM: 20% rain3 PM: 29% rain4 PM: 38% rain5 PM: 37% rain6 PM: 37% rain7 PM: 34% rain8 PM: 23% rain9 PM: 12% rain10 PM: 5% rain11 PM: 6% rain
Sunrise 6:32 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:40 PM
Sat 46°35° 32%
Sun 48°38° 56%
Mon 58°36° 23%
Tue 60°39°
Wed 69°46°
Thu 67°48°

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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