O'brien Creek
Oregon
Free — you'll pick up right here.
5.4 mi
Distance
2,558 ft
Gain
3h 4m
Time
Conditions: Blocked
for hike, todayAn agency closure order is in effect for this area; weather is good
2 factors · 2 sources
Newest 7 h ago · oldest 7 h
problem: Agency alerts
6 active alerts in Siskiyou Mountains Ranger District; most severe: Ashland Municipal Watershed Camping and Fire Prohibition
USFSPosted Jun 21, 2023 · checked 7 h ago
clear: Weather
Clouds, high 69°F / low 47°F, 33% precip — 82/100 for hike
OpenWeather7 h ago
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O'brien Creek
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 5.4 mi
- Elevation gain
- 2,558 ft
- Elevation loss
- 2,558 ft
- Highest point
- 6,212 ft
- Lowest point
- 3,915 ft
Photos
Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
- Bikes
- Allowed
- Horses
- Allowed
- Surface
- Natural
- Accessibility
- Not an accessible trail (Forest Service accessibility status)
Source for bikes, horses, surface, accessibility: USDA Forest Service National Forest System Trails (EDW)
About this trail
O'brien Creek is a 5.40-mile out-and-back trail in Oregon with 2,546 feet of elevation gain. The trail returns via the same path it went out on.
Facts about this trail
The climb
- Starts at
- 3,946 ft
- High point
- 6,212 ft
- Total climbing
- 2,558 ft
- Total descent
- 2,558 ft
- Steepest stretch
- 41% grade around mile 2.2 on the way out
- Length (round trip)
- 5.4 mi
- Shape
- Out and back
Most of the climbing comes early, so the second half is easier.
Source: Roamze elevation profile and trail geometry (DEM samples along the mapped route)
Where it is
- Siskiyou Mountains Ranger District · Ranger district
- Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forests · National forest
- Managed by
- Forest Service
Conditions
Active alerts for Siskiyou Mountains Ranger District as of Oct 9, 2026:
Ashland Municipal Watershed Camping and Fire Prohibition
critical · posted Aug 24, 2026
Source: USFS forest alerts
Nearby
- Layton Ditch TrailHiking2.7 mi
- Miller LakeHiking2.8 mi
- Mountain View Mine TrailHiking3.6 mi
- Carberry CreekCanoeing6 mi
- West Fork Williams CreekCanoeing6.2 mi
- Grayback CreekCanoeing6.9 mi
- Watkins CampgroundCamping8.2 mi
- HART-TISH PARK at APPLEGATE LAKECamping8.9 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
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