🥾🌲Hike 6 Miles Meadow Day Use to beyond Big Eddy - MODERATE PACE!!
Details
🌲🥾 Skip the Labor Day Weekend Twin Lakes And Elk Lake crowds! Opt for a beautiful, scenic and uncrowded hike along the Upper Deschutes River🥾🌲 And no worries about parking.
Our hike begins in the Deschutes National Forest at Meadow Day Use and our turn around point is past Big Eddy.
KNOW BEFORE YOU GO:
ARRIVE at least 5 MINUTES EARLY at the trailhead.
Distance: 6 miles
Difficulty: Moderate/primarily flat
Pace: Moderate
Time: Up to 3 hours, depending on restroom breaks.
Parking Pass: A Northwest Forest Pass or a $5 day-use pass is required. There’s a cash box with payment envelopes on the right when you arrive at the first parking lot. Or you can buy a one day e-pass online, print it, and display it on your dashboard.
Bring plenty of water and a snack.
Bug spray recommended!
Trail shoes and hiking boots mandatory.
Hiking poles optional.
No dogs.
Restrooms at trailhead, Lava Island, and Big Eddy.
DIRECTIONS: From Bend: Travel 6.2 miles West on Cascade Lakes Hwy (46), turn left at the brown MEADOW PICNIC AREA Road Sign. (It does not say Day Use Area on this sign). Turn onto FS - 4600. 100 (gravel road). Drive 1 mile South. As you enter day use area, continue to end of road. Look for my royal blue van**.**