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Cache Meadow Trailhead

From Oregon Hikers Field Guide

Pacific rhododendron (Rhododendron macrophyllum) blooming near the trailhead (bobcat)

Contents

Hikes including this location

Fees and Regulations

  • No passes or fees required.

Driving Directions

Take Exit 12A on I-205 South for Clackamas and Estacada, Highway 212E and 224E.

Drive 3.3 miles and bear right for Carver and Estacada on 224E.

Go 15.4 miles, passing through Estacada, to the junction for 211S for Molalla.

Keep straight at this junction for North Fork Lake, continuing on Highway 224 for 25.4 miles to the Ripplebrook Guard Station on your left.

Just past the guard station, go left on FR 4631. Drive 2.4 miles to a junction, passing an entrance to the Timberlake Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center and some ranger houses, and turn right onto FR 4630.

After 0.2 miles, the pavement ends. Continue 0.5 more miles and take a left on FR 4635.

Follow 4635 as it winds up the side of a ridge. After 8.7 miles on this road, turn right on the 140 spur at a sign for Cache Meadows Trail #702.

Drive 1.2 miles to a pullout for two or three cars on the right side of the road.


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Oregon Hikers Field Guide is built as a collaborative effort by its user community. While we make every effort to fact-check, information found here should be considered anecdotal. You should cross-check against other references before planning a hike. Trail routing and conditions are subject to change. Please contact us if you notice errors on this page.

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