Paradise Park Loop Trail #757 Viewpoint–Pacific Crest Viewpoint, 5 sights
15 mi · ▲ 3,255 ft · 6 hr 38 min
Paradise Park Loop Trail #757 Viewpoint–Pacific Crest Viewpoint, 5 sights is a 15-mile out-and-back in Mount Hood Wilderness near Government Camp, OR. The route passes Pacific Crest Viewpoint and Paradise Park Loop Trail #757 Viewpoint. It climbs 3,255 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 67/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Paradise Park Loop Trail #757 Viewpoint–Pacific Crest Viewpoint, 5 sights
15 mi · ▲ 3,255 ft · 6 hr 38 min
Elevation 4,767–5,981 ft
Out & Back · Mount Hood Wilderness
Trailhead: Gravy Train · 45.32215, -121.71597
Weather Sep 4: Snow, high 42°F / low 36° · precip 49% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:41 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Gravy Train, heading W.
- 1.4 miTurn left onto Lodge Connector, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Gravy Train, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Glade Trail #661, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Gravy Train, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Timberline To Town Trail #756, heading NW.
- 450 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading N.
- 3.4 miPass Pacific Crest Viewpoint.
- 200 ftTurn right onto Paradise Park Trail #778, heading W.
- 0.5 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Paradise Park Loop Trail #757, heading E.
- 0.2 miPass Paradise Park Loop Trail #757 Viewpoint.
- 350 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 1 miBear right onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftReach Paradise Park Loop Trail #757 Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftBear left onto Paradise Park Loop Trail #757, heading SW.
- 1 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading S.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Paradise Park Trail #778, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading SW.
- 3.5 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Timberline To Town Trail #756, heading E.
- 450 ftTurn right onto Gravy Train, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Glade Trail #661, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Gravy Train, heading SE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Lodge Connector, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Gravy Train, heading E.
- 1.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~5 min). Leave by 7:16 PM for the 7:41 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:00 PM — 11 min before dark.
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