Mill Pond via Boulder Creek Trail
2 mi · ▲ 315 ft · 49 min
Mill Pond via Boulder Creek Trail is a 2-mile out-and-back in Forest Heights Open Space near Barnes Heights, OR. The route reaches Mill Pond at the turnaround, 0.9 miles in. It climbs 315 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Mill Pond via Boulder Creek Trail
2 mi · ▲ 315 ft · 49 min
Elevation 416–705 ft
Out & Back · Forest Heights Open Space
Trailhead: Sword Fern Trail · 45.53550, -122.76897
Weather Sep 4: Light drizzle, high 63°F / low 53° · precip 31% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:37 AM · sunset 7:45 PM
Transit-accessible: stop 135 m from the trailhead
- Start on Sword Fern Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Boulder Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miPass Mill Pond.
- 250 ftBear right onto Forest Heights Open Space Trails, heading N.
- 0.2 miReach Mill Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Boulder Creek Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miSharp left, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Sword Fern Trail, heading NE.
- 500 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 right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:25 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:45 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:16 PM.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: stop 135 m from the trailhead
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