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Timberline Trail #600 is a 10.9-mile out-and-back in Richard L. Kohnstamm Memorial Area near Government Camp, OR. It climbs 3,116 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 49/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi4,872 – 6,050 ft · steepest grade: 25%11.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Beargrass Trail 45.33294, -121.66136
Nearest town Government Camp, OR

Directions

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Timberline Trail #600

10.9 mi · ▲ 3,116 ft · 5 hr 11 min

Elevation 4,873–6,051 ft

Out & Back · Richard L. Kohnstamm Memorial Area

Trailhead: Beargrass Trail · 45.33294, -121.66136

Weather Sep 5: Light drizzle, high 48°F / low 38° · precip 24% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:39 PM

  1. Start on Beargrass Trail, heading NW.
  2. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  3. 0.6 miSharp left, heading NW.
  4. 400 ftTurn left onto Timberline Trail #600, heading W.
  5. 2.8 miBear right, heading SE.
  6. 0.6 miTurn right onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading NW.
  7. 1.1 miBear left, heading NW.
  8. 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
  9. 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  10. 150 ftTurn left onto Timberline Lodge T5, heading W.
  11. 50 ftTurn right onto Timberline Lodge T1, heading W.
  12. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  13. 50 ftSharp right, heading W.
  14. 200 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  15. 200 ftSharp left, heading SW.
  16. 50 ftTurn left onto Timberline Lodge T5, heading SW.
  17. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  18. 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  19. 150 ftBear right onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading SW.
  20. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  21. 1.1 miTurn left onto Timberline Trail #600, heading E.
  22. 0.5 miBear left, heading E.
  23. 2.8 miTurn right, heading N.
  24. 400 ftSharp right, heading NE.
  25. 0.6 miTurn left onto Beargrass Trail, heading W.
  26. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

97% dirt3% unspecified

Weather

Light drizzleTemperature 48°F38°
Feels like39°Precip24%Wind5 mphUV5Humidity73%
Rained 0.1″ yesterday (0.9″ over the last week)
Hourly temperatureRain chance
50°35° 12 AM: 14% rain1 AM: 8% rain2 AM: 2% rain3 AM: 3% rain4 AM: 5% rain5 AM: 6% rain6 AM: 6% rain7 AM: 6% rain8 AM: 6% rain9 AM: 8% rain10 AM: 4% rain11 AM: 6% rain12 PM: 9% rain1 PM: 12% rain2 PM: 14% rain3 PM: 12% rain4 PM: 24% rain5 PM: 19% rain6 PM: 11% rain7 PM: 5% rain8 PM: 4% rain9 PM: 1% rain10 PM: 9% rain11 PM: 10% rain
Sunrise 6:34 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:39 PM
Sun 45°38° 84%
Mon 52°37° 16%
Tue 67°37°
Wed 76°47°
Thu 67°46°
Fri 55°35° 18%

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