Base Trail

Base Trail: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this trek: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Base Trail

Season: October to February.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Base Trail — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 44.06058, -121.28373. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Base Trail

• Pilot Butte · viewpoint · Deschutes · ~0 km · Must-see
• Mirror Pond · lake · Deschutes · ~4 km · Must-see
• Drake Park · park · Deschutes · ~4 km · Must-see
• Bend Whitewater Park · park · Deschutes · ~4 km · Must-see
• Miller's Landing Community Garden · sanctuary · Deschutes · ~4 km · Must-see
• McKay Park · park · Deschutes · ~4 km · Must-see
• Riverbend Park · park · Deschutes · ~5 km · Must-see
• Farewell Bend Park · park · Deschutes · ~5 km · Must-see
• Shevlin Conservation Easement · park · Deschutes · ~9 km · Must-see
• Tumalo State Park · park · Deschutes · ~11 km · Must-see
• The High Desert Museum · museum · Deschutes · ~14 km · Must-see
• Dillon Falls · waterfall · Deschutes · ~19 km · Must-see
• Petersen Rock Garden · museum · Deschutes · ~20 km · Must-see
• Lava Butte · viewpoint · Deschutes · ~21 km · Must-see
• Redmond-Bend Juniper State Park · cave · Deschutes · ~23 km · Must-see
• Oregon Desert Trail · trek · Deschutes · ~26 km · Must-see
• Tumalo Falls · waterfall · Deschutes · ~29 km · Must-see
• Oregon Observatory · attraction · Deschutes · ~29 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Base Trail

Other treks near Base Trail

• Oregon Desert Trail · trek · Deschutes · ~26 km · Must-see
• Bachelor Mountain Trail · trek · Linn · ~107 km · Must-see
• PCT - Oregon Section E · trek · Lane · ~65 km
• PCT - Oregon Section F · trek · Marion · ~110 km
• PCT - Oregon Section D · trek · Douglas · ~127 km
• Alpine Trail · trek · Deschutes · ~9 km
• Tumalo Creek Trail · trek · Deschutes · ~11 km
• Arnold Ice Cave Trail Number 63 · trek · Deschutes · ~15 km
• Mrazek Trail · trek · Deschutes · ~22 km
• Coyote Loop Tech · trek · Deschutes · ~25 km

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