Oregon · Hiking

Flounce Rock Trails

0.4 mi
round trip
214 ft
climb
4,131 ft
high point
Out and back
route
May–Sep
best months

Flounce Rock Trails is an easy, short out-and-back hike on Bureau of Land Management land in southern Oregon, within the Medford Butte Falls Field Office. The route is about 0.7 miles long, with a total gain of 214 feet, and it is back-loaded, so the steepest part comes early, with a 6% grade at about 0.16 miles. The most comfortable time to visit is late spring or early fall. Typical averages from a nearby weather station run from highs around 66°F in May to about 77°F in September, with only a few wet days in each of those months. Winters are cold, with highs near 39°F and snow on several days a month from December through February. The hike can be done in about half an hour. The Rogue River Trail is about 2.9 miles away and the Lost Lake Edge Trail about 3.1 miles. Paddlers can try Elk Creek at about 5.1 miles, and Abbott Creek Campground is roughly 6.2 miles off.

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  • Best time to go · May–Sep

    Best time to visit Flounce Rock Trails

    Best months: May–September. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.

    1. Jan

      39° / 19°

      13 wet · 6 snow

    2. Feb

      44° / 22°

      11 wet · 5 snow

    3. Mar

      50° / 25°

      11 wet · 4 snow

    4. Apr

      57° / 28°

      10 wet · 2 snow

    5. May

      66° / 33°

      8 wet

    6. Jun

      75° / 37°

      4 wet

    7. Jul

      85° / 42°

      3 wet

    8. Aug

      84° / 41°

      2 wet

    9. Sep

      77° / 34°

      4 wet

    10. Oct

      64° / 27°

      7 wet

    11. Nov

      48° / 24°

      12 wet · 3 snow

    12. Dec

      39° / 19°

      14 wet · 7 snow

    Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Chiloquin 12 Nw (Fort Klamath), OR, 31.1 mi away at 4,180 ft. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

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Lost Lake Edge TrailPhoto: Robert Glen Fogarty, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)

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Upper Rogue River TrailPhoto: Little Mountain 5, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)

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South Fork TrailPhoto: Forest Service Pacific Northwest Region, Public Domain Mark (via Flickr)

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Rogue River Trail

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