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Bald Butte Trail route map
Difficulty: DifficultOut and Back
Oregon

Bald Butte Trail

Mount Hood Parkdale, Oregon

8.5 mi

Distance

3,097 ft

Elev. Gain

4h 8m

Est. Time

Out & Back

Route Type

Difficult

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for Bald Butte Trail unless we can point you at the agency it came from. We don't have one yet. The planning figures above — distance, elevation gain, estimated time, route type — come from the source listed on this trail.

The managing agency is the authority for conditions, closures and route notes. See official sources below. Spot something we should add?

Trail Conditions

Trail Conditions

Unknown

We have no current condition data for this trail. Check with the operator before you go, and submit a report below if you've been recently.

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Elevation Profile

Min:536 ft
Max:1,150 ft
Gain:944 ft
Loss:944 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 536 ft and 1,150 ft across 8.5 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.536 ft741 ft945 ft1,150 ft0.0 mi2.1 mi4.3 mi6.4 mi8.5 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi536 ft
High point4.3 mi1,150 ft
End8.5 mi536 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Out & Back

Official sources & verification

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Where it is

Nearest town:
Mount Hood, OR · in or next to town
County:
Hood River County, OR

Nearest town and county from U.S. Census Bureau place records and county boundaries.

We display cached information from agency feeds. Hours, fees, permits, closures, fire restrictions, and conditions change without notice. Outdoors is not the permitting authority. Confirm current conditions for this trail using the links above before you go — you are responsible for compliance. Last verified by us: May 23, 2026. Our copy is more than a month old — please reconfirm with the agency before relying on it.Spot an error in our data?

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Path geometry came from our pre-launch legacy database. Routes have not yet been re-verified against the operator and may differ from the actual trail.

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