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Waters Creek Accessible Loop
Oregon
Oregon
Free — you'll pick up right here.
0.9 mi
Distance
618 ft
Gain
25 min
Time
No verdict for this trail
We won't guess. Here is exactly what we do and don't know.
What we do know
Inside Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forests
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
Quick trip — under 2 mi
Out & back
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Waters Creek Accessible Loop
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 0.9 mi
- Elevation gain
- 618 ft
- Elevation loss
- 618 ft
- Highest point
- 1,615 ft
- Lowest point
- 1,342 ft
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Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
- Dogs
- unknown
- Bikes
- no
About this trail
Waters Creek Accessible Out-and-back is a 1.82-mile out-and-back trail in Oregon with 618 feet of elevation gain. The trail returns via the same path it went out on.
Facts about this trail
The climb
- Starts at
- 1,480 ft
- High point
- 1,615 ft
- Total climbing
- 618 ft
- Total descent
- 618 ft
- Steepest stretch
- 15% grade around mile 0.8 on the way out
- Length (round trip)
- 1.8 mi
- Shape
- Out and back
Most of the climbing is in the middle stretch.
Source: Roamze elevation profile and trail geometry (DEM samples along the mapped route)
Where it is
- Wild Rivers Ranger District · Ranger district
- Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forests · National forest
- Managed by
- Forest Service
Conditions
Active alerts for Wild Rivers Ranger District as of Oct 9, 2026:
Illinois Falls Trail Bridge Closure
critical · posted Aug 24, 2026
Illinois River Road Seasonal Restrictions
fire-restriction · posted Aug 24, 2026
Source: USFS forest alerts
Nearby
- Waters Creek Interpretive TrailHiking0.2 mi
- Waters Creek Accessible Loop TrailHiking0.4 mi
- WALTERS CREEK INTERPRETIVEHiking0.5 mi
- Slate CreekCanoeing2 mi
- Onion Mountain LookoutCamping5.3 mi
- Clear CreekCanoeing6.6 mi
- Sam BrownCamping7.6 mi
- Big PineCamping7.8 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
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