Split Rock–Paradise Park Loop Trail #757 Viewpoint, 5 sights is a 10.8-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 before reaching Split Rock at the turnaround, 5.4 miles in. It climbs 2,669 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 78/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi4,767 – 6,086 ft · steepest grade: 19%11.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 45.33235, -121.70824
Nearest town Government Camp, OR
Directions
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Split Rock–Paradise Park Loop Trail #757 Viewpoint, 5 sights
10.8 mi · ▲ 2,669 ft · 4 hr 56 min
Elevation 4,767–6,087 ft
Out & Back · Mount Hood Wilderness
Trailhead: 45.33235, -121.70824
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:41 PM
Transit-accessible: Timberline stop 205 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Silcox Hut access road, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Timberline Lodge T2, heading S.
- 300 ftBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Timberline Lodge T4, heading W.
- 250 ftSharp left onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 4 miPass Pacific Crest Viewpoint.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Paradise Park Trail #778, heading NE.
- 0.5 miSharp left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right onto Paradise Park Loop Trail #757, heading NE.
- 0.2 miPass Paradise Park Loop Trail #757 Viewpoint.
- 300 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.4 miReach Split Rock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading S.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Paradise Park Trail #778, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading SW.
- 4 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Timberline Lodge T4, heading SE.
- 250 ftBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right onto Timberline Lodge T2, heading E.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Silcox Hut access road, heading E.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
74% dirt1% paved25% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:41 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.4 mi in (~15 min). Leave by 7:06 PM for the 7:41 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:07 PM — 4 min before dark.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Timberline stop 205 m from the trailhead
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Pacific Crest Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 729 ft
- Pacific Crest Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 757 ft
- Pacific Crest Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 769 ft
- Pacific Crest Trail 2.9 mi · ▲ 484 ft
- Gravy Train 3.4 mi · ▲ 505 ft
- Gravy Train & Timberline West Leg Road 5.3 mi · ▲ 886 ft
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