Newton Creek Trail #646–Old Elk Meadows Trail, 4 sights is a 9.7-mile out-and-back in Mount Hood Wilderness near Government Camp, OR. It climbs 1,981 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 59/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi4,328 – 5,935 ft · steepest grade: 19%9.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Elk Meadows Trailhead 45.32239, -121.63379
Nearest town Government Camp, OR
Directions
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Newton Creek Trail #646–Old Elk Meadows Trail, 4 sights
9.7 mi · ▲ 1,981 ft · 4 hr 13 min
Elevation 4,328–5,936 ft
Out & Back · Mount Hood Wilderness
Trailhead: Elk Meadows Trailhead · 45.32239, -121.63379
Weather Sep 4: Drizzle, high 49°F / low 39° · precip 43% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:40 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Sahale Falls Trail #667C, heading NE.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Elk Meadows Trail #645, heading NE.
- 500 ftTurn right onto Old Elk Meadows Trail, heading SE.
- 0.7 miReach Sahale Falls Trail #667C, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miSharp right onto Elk Meadows Trail #645, heading NE.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Newton Creek Trail #646, heading N.
- 1.9 miContinue straight onto Timberline Trail #600, heading NW.
- 2.3 miBear left, heading SW.
- 400 ftSharp right, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Beargrass Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Umbrella Cutoff Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Umbrella Falls Trail #667, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Sahale Falls Trail #667C, heading SW.
- 1.6 miArrive 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
DrizzleTemperature 49°F39°
Feels like45°Precip43%Wind5 mphUV4Humidity76%
Rained 0.5″ 2 days ago · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperatureRain chance
50°35°
Sunrise 6:33 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:40 PM
Sat
53°42°
36%
Sun
53°42°
59%
Mon
60°39°
28%
Tue
67°42°
Wed
74°51°
Thu
70°53°
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Elk Meadows Trailhead Trailhead
- Old Elk Meadows Trail & Sahale Falls Trail #667C 2.3 mi · ▲ 332 ft
- Sahalie Falls–Sahale Falls Trail #667C Loop, 3 sights 3.5 mi · ▲ 792 ft
- Elk Meadows Perimeter #645A & Sahale Falls Trail #667C via Elk Meadows Trail #645 4.9 mi · ▲ 933 ft
- Umbrella Falls–Beargrass Cutoff Trail Loop, 5 sights 7.6 mi · ▲ 1,628 ft
- Elk Mountain–Elk Mountain Vista #647C Viewpoint Loop, 9 sights 11.8 mi · ▲ 2,648 ft
- Eliot Glacier–Gnarl Ridge Trail #652, 3 sights 14.2 mi · ▲ 3,553 ft
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