Palisade Point–Oval Lake, 4 sights
9.3 mi · ▲ 2,629 ft · 4 hr 25 min
Palisade Point–Oval Lake, 4 sights is a 9.3-mile out-and-back in Badger Creek Wilderness near Sportsmans Park, OR. The route passes Palisade Point, Oval Lake and Oval Lake. It climbs 2,629 ft, with sections as steep as 34% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 96/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Palisade Point–Oval Lake, 4 sights
9.3 mi · ▲ 2,629 ft · 4 hr 25 min
Elevation 4,613–5,821 ft
Out & Back · Badger Creek Wilderness
Trailhead: Fret Creek Trail #456A · 45.34963, -121.47194
Weather Sep 4: Drizzle, high 50°F / low 40° · precip 37% · wind 2 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:40 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Fret Creek Trail #456A, heading S.
- 2.1 miSharp left onto Divide Trail #458, heading E.
- 50 ftPass Palisade Point.
- 50 ftPass Oval Lake.
- 0.2 miPass Oval Lake.
- 1.3 miBear left, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear left onto Tygh Creek Trail #460, heading E.
- 1 miReach Palisade Point, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1 miBear right, heading W.
- 150 ftBear right onto Divide Trail #458, heading NW.
- 1.5 miSharp right onto Fret Creek Trail #456A, heading W.
- 2.1 miArrive 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 2.9 mi in (~110 min). Leave by 5:30 PM for the 7:40 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:13 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Fret Creek Trail #456A Trailhead
- Palisade Point–Oval Lake, 3 summits 4.2 mi · ▲ 1,000 ft
- Fifteenmile Trail #456 4.5 mi · ▲ 787 ft
- 4450-140 & Forest Road 4450-150 via Fifteenmile Trail #456 8.9 mi · ▲ 1,751 ft
- Lookout Mountain–Divide Trail #458 Viewpoint, 7 sights 12.4 mi · ▲ 2,484 ft
- Forest Road 2730-190 via Fifteenmile Trail #456 14.3 mi · ▲ 2,306 ft
- 1720-122–Bottle Prairie Trail #455, 7 sights 15.5 mi · ▲ 2,282 ft
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