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Salmon-Huckleberry Wilderness

Sheepshead Rock–Plaza Trail #783 Viewpoint, 4 sights

8.6 mi · ▲ 2,372 ft · 4 hr 3 min

Sheepshead Rock–Plaza Trail #783 Viewpoint, 4 sights is an 8.6-mile out-and-back in Salmon-Huckleberry Wilderness near Three Lynx, OR. The route passes Sheepshead Rock before reaching Plaza Trail #783 Viewpoint at the turnaround, 4.3 miles in. It climbs 2,372 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 97/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi3,813 – 4,623 ft · steepest grade: 22%8.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Fanton Trail #505 45.23696, -122.05782
Nearest town Three Lynx, OR
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Sheepshead Rock–Plaza Trail #783 Viewpoint, 4 sights

8.6 mi · ▲ 2,372 ft · 4 hr 3 min

Elevation 3,813–4,623 ft

Out & Back · Salmon-Huckleberry Wilderness

Trailhead: Fanton Trail #505 · 45.23696, -122.05782

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 7:42 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 100 ftContinue straight onto Fanton Trail #505, heading E.
  3. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Old Baldy Trail #502, heading SE.
  4. 2.2 miContinue straight onto Forest Road 4610, heading NE.
  5. 150 ftContinue straight onto Plaza Trail #783, heading NE.
  6. 1.4 miPass Plaza Trail #783 Viewpoint.
  7. 50 ftReach Sheepshead Rock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 1.4 miContinue straight onto Forest Road 4610, heading SW.
  9. 150 ftContinue straight onto Old Baldy Trail #502, heading S.
  10. 2.2 miContinue straight onto Fanton Trail #505, heading NW.
  11. 0.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/sheepshead-rock-plaza-trail-783-viewpoint-out-back-4-sights-23-km

Trail surface

66% dirt34% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:35 AMSunset 7:42 PM

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