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Gold Butte Lookout
Oregon
Oregon
Free — you'll pick up right here.
2.5 mi
Distance
1,204 ft
Gain
1h 25m
Time
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What we do know
Inside Willamette 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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Gold Butte Lookout
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 2.5 mi
- Elevation gain
- 1,204 ft
- Elevation loss
- 1,204 ft
- Highest point
- 4,599 ft
- Lowest point
- 3,801 ft
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Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
- Bikes
- yes
About this trail
Gold Butte Lookout is a 2.50-mile out-and-back trail in Oregon with 1,145 feet of elevation gain. The trail descends 425 feet on the return.
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