Shelter Cove Resort & Marina
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Windy Lakes
Oregon
Oregon
Free — you'll pick up right here.
8.7 mi
Distance
1,657 ft
Gain
3h 40m
Time
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What we do know
Inside Deschutes National Forest
2 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
Out & back
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Windy Lakes
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 8.7 mi
- Elevation gain
- 1,657 ft
- Elevation loss
- 1,657 ft
- Highest point
- 6,273 ft
- Lowest point
- 4,902 ft
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Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
- Bikes
- yes
About this trail
Windy Lakes is an 8.70-mile out-and-back trail in Oregon with 1,544 feet of elevation gain. The trail returns via the same path it went out on.
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Diamond Lake Resort
Hiking business nearby (~23 mi away) — hasn't claimed their Roamze page yet
Casey's Riverside RV Resort
Hiking business nearby (~33 mi away) — hasn't claimed their Roamze page yet
