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Gunsight Butte Trail route map
Difficulty: DifficultOut and Back
Oregon

Gunsight Butte Trail

Mount Hood Parkdale, Oregon

6.4 mi

Distance

2,612 ft

Elev. Gain

1h 10m

Est. Time

Out & Back

Route Type

Difficult

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for Gunsight 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.

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Trail Conditions

Trail Conditions

Unknown

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Elevation Profile

Min:1,103 ft
Max:1,808 ft
Gain:796 ft
Loss:796 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 1,103 ft and 1,808 ft across 7.5 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.1,103 ft1,338 ft1,573 ft1,808 ft0.0 mi1.9 mi3.7 mi5.6 mi7.5 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi1,103 ft
High point3.7 mi1,808 ft
End7.5 mi1,103 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Out & Back

Official sources & verification

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Where it is

Nearest town:
Government Camp, OR · about 9 mi away
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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