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Mill Creek Buttes–Forest Road 1700-140, 7 sights

12.8 mi · ▲ 1,835 ft · 5 hr 11 min

Mill Creek Buttes–Forest Road 1700-140, 7 sights is a 12.8-mile out-and-back near Mount Hood, OR. The route reaches Mill Creek Buttes at the turnaround, 6.4 miles in. It climbs 1,835 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 63/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi3,813 – 4,899 ft · steepest grade: 17%13.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Forest Road 1720-150 45.43385, -121.47805
Nearest town Mount Hood, OR
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Mill Creek Buttes–Forest Road 1700-140, 7 sights

12.8 mi · ▲ 1,835 ft · 5 hr 11 min

Elevation 3,813–4,900 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Forest Road 1720-150 · 45.43385, -121.47805

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:40 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Knebal Springs Trail #474, heading E.
  2. 1.9 miBear right onto Forest Road 1720-121, heading SW.
  3. 0.1 miBear right onto Super Connector Trail, heading W.
  4. 1.8 miTurn left onto Super Connector, heading N.
  5. 50 ftTurn left onto Super Connector Trail, heading N.
  6. 100 ftTurn right onto Surveyor's Ridge Trail #688, heading N.
  7. 0.9 miTurn right onto Forest Road 1700-680, heading N.
  8. 1.7 miReach Mill Creek Buttes, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 1.7 miTurn left onto Surveyor's Ridge Trail #688, heading S.
  10. 0.9 miTurn left onto Super Connector Trail, heading SE.
  11. 150 ftTurn right onto Super Connector, heading S.
  12. 50 ftTurn right onto Super Connector Trail, heading S.
  13. 1.8 miBear left onto Forest Road 1720-121, heading SE.
  14. 0.1 miBear left onto Knebal Springs Trail #474, heading E.
  15. 1.8 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/mill-creek-buttes-knebal-spring-out-back-8-sights

Trail surface

65% dirt35% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:40 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 4.9 mi in (~145 min). Leave by 4:55 PM for the 7:40 PM sunset. Back at your car by 10:07 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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