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Pacific Crest Trail is a 2.4-mile out-and-back in Richard L. Kohnstamm Memorial Area near Government Camp, OR. It climbs 729 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 6/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,348 – 6,017 ft · steepest grade: 21%2.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 45.33235, -121.70824
Nearest town Government Camp, OR

Directions

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Pacific Crest Trail

2.4 mi · ▲ 729 ft · 1 hr 10 min

Elevation 5,349–6,019 ft

Out & Back · Richard L. Kohnstamm Memorial Area

Trailhead: 45.33235, -121.70824

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:41 PM

Transit-accessible: Timberline stop 205 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 350 ftBear right onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading N.
  3. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  4. 1.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  5. 1.1 miBear left, heading N.
  6. 150 ftBear left, heading N.
  7. 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

92% dirt8% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:41 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Timberline stop 205 m from the trailhead
  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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