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Mill Creek Ridge–Forest Road 1700-662, 5 sights

15.4 mi · ▲ 2,015 ft · 6 hr 8 min

Mill Creek Ridge–Forest Road 1700-662, 5 sights is a 15.4-mile out-and-back near Mount Hood, OR. The route reaches Mill Creek Ridge at the turnaround, 7.7 miles in. It climbs 2,015 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade. It scores 90/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi3,120 – 4,292 ft · steepest grade: 24%15.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 45.48205, -121.52693
Nearest town Mount Hood, OR
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Mill Creek Ridge–Forest Road 1700-662, 5 sights

15.4 mi · ▲ 2,015 ft · 6 hr 8 min

Elevation 3,122–4,292 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 45.48205, -121.52693

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

Toilets at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 450 ftContinue straight onto Surveyor's Ridge Trail #688, heading NE.
  3. 0.7 miTurn right onto Forest Road 1700-671, heading E.
  4. 0.3 miTurn right onto Forest Road 1700-660, heading E.
  5. 1.7 miBear left onto Forest Road 1700-662, heading SE.
  6. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Section Line Trail #451, heading E.
  7. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Forest Road 1700-662, heading E.
  8. 1.5 miContinue straight onto Section Line Trail #451, heading E.
  9. 350 ftContinue straight onto Forest Road 1700-662, heading NE.
  10. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Mill Creek Lookout Road, heading N.
  11. 1.9 miReach Mill Creek Ridge, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 1.9 miContinue straight onto Forest Road 1700-662, heading S.
  13. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Section Line Trail #451, heading W.
  14. 350 ftContinue straight onto Forest Road 1700-662, heading SW.
  15. 1.5 miContinue straight onto Section Line Trail #451, heading SW.
  16. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Forest Road 1700-662, heading W.
  17. 0.5 miBear right onto Forest Road 1700-660, heading W.
  18. 1.7 miTurn left onto Forest Road 1700-671, heading SW.
  19. 0.3 miTurn left onto Surveyor's Ridge Trail #688, heading W.
  20. 0.8 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/mill-creek-ridge-forest-road-1700-662-out-back-5-sights

Trail surface

16% dirt84% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:40 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.3 mi in (~11 min). Leave by 7:09 PM for the 7:40 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:03 PM — 8 min before dark.

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