Palisade Point & Oval Lake via Divide Trail #458
3.1 mi · ▲ 854 ft · 1 hr 28 min
Palisade Point & Oval Lake via Divide Trail #458 is a 3.1-mile out-and-back in Badger Creek Wilderness near Sportsmans Park, OR. The route passes Oval Lake before reaching Palisade Point at the turnaround, 1.5 miles in. It climbs 854 ft, with sections as steep as 33% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 97/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Palisade Point & Oval Lake via Divide Trail #458
3.1 mi · ▲ 854 ft · 1 hr 28 min
Elevation 5,439–5,821 ft
Out & Back · Badger Creek Wilderness
Trailhead: Little Badger Trail #469 · 45.32351, -121.47589
Weather Sep 4: Light drizzle, high 47°F / low 36° · precip 38% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:40 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear right onto Divide Trail #458, heading N.
- 1.3 miPass Oval Lake.
- 0.2 miReach Palisade Point, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.5 miBear left, heading SE.
- 100 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 0.6 mi in (~23 min). Leave by 6:57 PM for the 7:40 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:09 PM — 1 min before dark.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Little Badger Trail #469 Trailhead
- Flag Point via Forest Road 2730-200 1.3 mi · ▲ 197 ft
- West Point via Forest Road 2730-200 1.7 mi · ▲ 224 ft
- Divide Trail #458 Viewpoint & Oval Lake 2.7 mi · ▲ 741 ft
- Little Badger Trail #469–Tygh Creek Cutoff #460A Loop, 3 sights 3.9 mi · ▲ 934 ft
- Forest Road 2730-200 5.3 mi · ▲ 967 ft
- Junction Spring & Little Badger Trail #469 6.3 mi · ▲ 1,502 ft
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