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Mitchell Point–Lower 8 Track (150), 3 sights is a 4.7-mile out-and-back in Seneca Fouts Memorial State Natural Area near Oak Grove, OR. The route reaches Mitchell Point at the turnaround, 2.4 miles in. It climbs 1,119 ft, with sections as steep as 35% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 52/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi771 – 1,391 ft · steepest grade: 35%5.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Lower 8 Track (150) 45.67737, -121.60487
Nearest town Oak Grove, OR

Directions

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Mitchell Point–Lower 8 Track (150), 3 sights

4.7 mi · ▲ 1,119 ft · 2 hr 8 min

Elevation 769–1,390 ft

Out & Back · Seneca Fouts Memorial State Natural Area

Trailhead: Lower 8 Track (150) · 45.67737, -121.60487

Weather Sep 4: Light drizzle, high 64°F / low 51° · precip 32% · wind 12 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:41 PM

Toilets at the trailhead

  1. Start on Lower 8 Track (150), heading NE.
  2. 350 ftTurn right onto Seven Streams 100, heading E.
  3. 0.5 miBear left onto Cardiac Bypass, heading W.
  4. 250 ftSharp right onto Seven Streams 100, heading SW.
  5. 0.9 miSharp left, heading N.
  6. 0.7 miBear right onto Mitchell Point Trail, heading W.
  7. 0.1 miReach Mitchell Point, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
  9. 0.7 miSharp right onto Seven Streams 100, heading E.
  10. 0.9 miSharp left onto Cardiac Bypass, heading SW.
  11. 300 ftBear right onto Seven Streams 100, heading NE.
  12. 0.5 miTurn left onto Lower 8 Track (150), heading S.
  13. 350 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

Light drizzleTemperature 64°F51°
Precip32%Wind12 mphUV5Humidity56%
Rained 0.2″ 2 days ago
Hourly temperatureRain chance
65°50° 12 AM: 1% rain1 AM: 5% rain2 AM: 8% rain3 AM: 4% rain4 AM: 4% rain5 AM: 6% rain6 AM: 14% rain7 AM: 14% rain8 AM: 13% rain9 AM: 21% rain10 AM: 19% rain11 AM: 5% rain12 PM: 5% rain1 PM: 9% rain2 PM: 15% rain3 PM: 27% rain4 PM: 32% rain5 PM: 31% rain6 PM: 26% rain7 PM: 19% rain8 PM: 14% rain9 PM: 7% rain10 PM: 5% rain11 PM: 8% rain
Sunrise 6:32 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:41 PM
Sat 68°53° 27%
Sun 70°54° 29%
Mon 71°49°
Tue 76°51°
Wed 86°56°
Thu 81°61°

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