Bear Creek Trail
Oregon
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17.7 mi
Distance
5,707 ft
Gain
7h 44m
Time
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What we do know
Inside Wallowa-Whitman National Forest
3 managing-area boundaries mapped — agency alerts for them feed this page automatically.
Boundary data
What's missing
No access route mapped
We don't yet know which road reaches this trailhead, so we can't tell you if it's gated.
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Why you'll love it
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Bear Creek Trail
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 17.7 mi
- Elevation gain
- 5,707 ft
- Elevation loss
- 5,707 ft
- Highest point
- 7,730 ft
- Lowest point
- 3,727 ft
Photos
Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
About this trail
Bear Creek Trail is a 35.4-mile out-and-back hike in Oregon managed by the Forest Service. The trail gains 3,698 feet of elevation over its length.
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