Lookout Mountain–Divide Trail #458 Viewpoint, 7 sights
12.4 mi · ▲ 2,484 ft · 5 hr 23 min
Lookout Mountain–Divide Trail #458 Viewpoint, 7 sights is a 12.4-mile out-and-back in Badger Creek Wilderness near Sportsmans Park, OR. The route passes Divide Trail #458 Viewpoint and Lookout Mountain before reaching Senecal Spring at the turnaround, 6.2 miles in. It climbs 2,484 ft, with sections as steep as 28% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 81/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Lookout Mountain–Divide Trail #458 Viewpoint, 7 sights
12.4 mi · ▲ 2,484 ft · 5 hr 23 min
Elevation 4,611–6,512 ft
Out & Back · Badger Creek Wilderness
Trailhead: 45.35020, -121.47402
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:40 PM
Toilets at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 100 ftBear left onto Fifteenmile Trail #456, heading NE.
- 2.2 miTurn left onto Lookout Mountain Trail #450, heading SW.
- 1.3 miBear right onto Forest Road 4420, heading W.
- 1.3 miTurn left onto High Prairie Trail #493, heading SW.
- 0.7 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.2 miPass Divide Trail #458 Viewpoint.
- 100 ftBear left onto Divide Trail #458, heading E.
- 0.3 miPass Lookout Mountain.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Senecal Spring Trail, heading SE.
- 450 ftPass Senecal Spring.
- 150 ftReach Lookout Mountain, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Divide Trail #458, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear right onto High Prairie Trail #493, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Forest Road 4420, heading N.
- 1.3 miBear left onto Lookout Mountain Trail #450, heading SE.
- 1.3 miTurn right onto Fifteenmile Trail #456, heading E.
- 2.2 miBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftArrive 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 5.9 mi in (~205 min). Leave by 3:55 PM for the 7:40 PM sunset. Back at your car by 10:24 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Toilets at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Palisade Point–Oval Lake, 3 summits 4.2 mi · ▲ 1,000 ft
- Fifteenmile Trail #456 4.5 mi · ▲ 787 ft
- 4450-140 & Forest Road 4450-150 via Fifteenmile Trail #456 8.9 mi · ▲ 1,751 ft
- Palisade Point–Oval Lake, 4 sights 9.3 mi · ▲ 2,629 ft
- Forest Road 2730-190 via Fifteenmile Trail #456 14.3 mi · ▲ 2,306 ft
- 1720-122–Bottle Prairie Trail #455, 7 sights 15.5 mi · ▲ 2,282 ft
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