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Carl Lake Trail route map
Difficulty: DifficultOut and Back
Oregon

Carl Lake Trail

Camp Sherman, Oregon

10.3 mi

Distance

1,896 ft

Elev. Gain

4h 6m

Est. Time

Out & Back

Route Type

Difficult

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for Carl Lake 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.

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Trail Conditions

Trail Conditions

Unknown

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Elevation Profile

Min:1,400 ft
Max:1,696 ft
Gain:578 ft
Loss:578 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 1,400 ft and 1,696 ft across 10.3 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.1,400 ft1,499 ft1,597 ft1,696 ft0.0 mi2.6 mi5.1 mi7.7 mi10.3 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi1,402 ft
High point4.8 mi1,696 ft
End10.3 mi1,402 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Out & Back

Official sources & verification

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Where it is

Nearest town:
Camp Sherman, OR · about 9 mi away
County:
Jefferson 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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