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Timberline Trail #600 is an 8.8-mile out-and-back in Richard L. Kohnstamm Memorial Area near Government Camp, OR. It climbs 2,720 ft, with sections as steep as 26% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 43/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi4,872 – 6,086 ft · steepest grade: 26%9.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 45.32990, -121.66501
Nearest town Government Camp, OR

Directions

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Timberline Trail #600

8.8 mi · ▲ 2,720 ft · 4 hr 18 min

Elevation 4,873–6,087 ft

Out & Back · Richard L. Kohnstamm Memorial Area

Trailhead: 45.32990, -121.66501

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:41 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.7 miTurn left onto Timberline Trail #600, heading W.
  3. 1.7 miBear right, heading SW.
  4. 0.5 miTurn right onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading SW.
  5. 1.1 miBear left, heading NW.
  6. 0.2 miSharp right, heading W.
  7. 250 ftTurn left, heading W.
  8. 300 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  9. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  10. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
  11. 1.1 miTurn left onto Timberline Trail #600, heading SE.
  12. 0.5 miBear left, heading E.
  13. 1.7 miTurn right, heading N.
  14. 0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

98% dirt2% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:41 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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