Picnic Rock Viewpoint & Lower Wizard Way Trail via Timberline Trail #600 is a 13.4-mile out-and-back in Richard L. Kohnstamm Memorial Area near Government Camp, OR. The route reaches Picnic Rock Viewpoint at the turnaround, 6.7 miles in. It climbs 3,427 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 57/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi4,872 – 6,050 ft · steepest grade: 27%14.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 45.33125, -121.71285
Nearest town Government Camp, OR
Directions
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Picnic Rock Viewpoint & Lower Wizard Way Trail via Timberline Trail #600
13.4 mi · ▲ 3,427 ft · 6 hr 11 min
Elevation 4,873–6,051 ft
Out & Back · Richard L. Kohnstamm Memorial Area
Trailhead: 45.33125, -121.71285
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 7:37 PM
Transit-accessible: Timberline stop 290 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Timberline Lodge T1, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Timberline Lodge T5, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear right onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 1.1 miTurn left onto Timberline Trail #600, heading SE.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading NW.
- 3 miSharp right onto Lower Wizard Way Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Jack's Woods Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Beargrass Trail, heading N.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Picnic Rock Spur, heading S.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftReach Picnic Rock Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Beargrass Trail, heading S.
- 0.8 miBear right onto Jack's Woods Trail, heading N.
- 0.7 miBear right onto Lower Wizard Way Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Timberline Trail #600, heading S.
- 3 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading W.
- 1.1 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Timberline Lodge T5, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Timberline Lodge T1, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading NW.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
98% dirt2% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:35 AMSunset 7:37 PM
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Timberline stop 290 m from the trailhead
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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