Tamanawas Falls–Clinger Spring, 6 sights
7 mi · ▲ 1,842 ft · 3 hr 15 min
Tamanawas Falls–Clinger Spring, 6 sights is a 7-mile out-and-back near Parkdale, OR. The route passes Clinger Spring before reaching Tamanawas Falls at the turnaround, 3.5 miles in. It climbs 1,842 ft, with sections as steep as 26% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 21/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Tamanawas Falls–Clinger Spring, 6 sights
7 mi · ▲ 1,842 ft · 3 hr 15 min
Elevation 2,914–4,234 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Forest Road 4400-620 · 45.40886, -121.54955
Weather Sep 5: Light drizzle, high 51°F / low 41° · precip 38% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:40 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Surveyor's Ridge Trail #688, heading W.
- 50 ftPass Clinger Spring.
- 0.9 miBear right onto Zigzag Trail #678, heading NE.
- 1.1 miTurn left onto East Fork Trail #650, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading S.
- 500 ftTurn right onto Tamanawas Falls Trail #650A, heading W.
- 1.1 miReach Tamanawas Falls, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.9 miTurn left onto East Fork Trail #650, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 1.1 miBear left onto Surveyor's Ridge Trail #688, heading SW.
- 0.9 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Forest Road 4400-620 Trailhead
- Klinger Spring climbing wall–Clinger Spring, 4 sights 4.2 mi · ▲ 1,632 ft
- Clinger Spring–East Fork Trail #650, 4 sights 4.9 mi · ▲ 1,454 ft
- Clinger Spring–Forest Road 1720-123, 5 sights 9.1 mi · ▲ 815 ft
- Cooks Meadow Trail #639 Viewpoint–Clinger Spring, 3 sights 15.5 mi · ▲ 2,408 ft
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