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McDowell Creek Falls Trail route map
Difficulty: ModerateLoop
Oregon

McDowell Creek Falls Trail

Lebanon, Oregon

1.6 mi

Distance

512 ft

Elev. Gain

41m

Est. Time

Loop

Route Type

Moderate

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for McDowell Creek Falls 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

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Elevation Profile

Min:272 ft
Max:357 ft
Gain:156 ft
Loss:156 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 272 ft and 357 ft across 1.6 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.272 ft300 ft329 ft357 ft0.0 mi0.4 mi0.8 mi1.2 mi1.6 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi272 ft
High point1.0 mi357 ft
End1.6 mi272 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Loop

Official sources & verification

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Where it is

Nearest town:
Sweet Home, OR · about 3 mi away
County:
Linn 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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