Badger Creek Wilderness

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.

Elevation

0 mi4,610 – 6,513 ft · steepest grade: 28%12.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 45.35020, -121.47402
Nearest town Sportsmans Park, OR

Directions

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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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 100 ftBear left onto Fifteenmile Trail #456, heading NE.
  3. 2.2 miTurn left onto Lookout Mountain Trail #450, heading SW.
  4. 1.3 miBear right onto Forest Road 4420, heading W.
  5. 1.3 miTurn left onto High Prairie Trail #493, heading SW.
  6. 0.7 miBear left, heading W.
  7. 0.2 miPass Divide Trail #458 Viewpoint.
  8. 100 ftBear left onto Divide Trail #458, heading E.
  9. 0.3 miPass Lookout Mountain.
  10. 0.1 miTurn left onto Senecal Spring Trail, heading SE.
  11. 450 ftPass Senecal Spring.
  12. 150 ftReach Lookout Mountain, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 0.1 miTurn right onto Divide Trail #458, heading W.
  14. 0.4 miBear right onto High Prairie Trail #493, heading W.
  15. 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
  16. 0.7 miTurn right onto Forest Road 4420, heading N.
  17. 1.3 miBear left onto Lookout Mountain Trail #450, heading SE.
  18. 1.3 miTurn right onto Fifteenmile Trail #456, heading E.
  19. 2.2 miBear right, heading SW.
  20. 50 ftArrive 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 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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