Cole Loop Trail

Cole Loop 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 Cole Loop 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 Cole Loop Trail — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 44.43565, -121.09837. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Cole Loop Trail

• Gray Butte Trail · viewpoint · Jefferson · ~5 km · Must-see
• Skull Hollow · park · Jefferson · ~6 km · Must-see
• Smith Rock State Park · sanctuary · Deschutes · ~10 km · Must-see
• Haystack Dam · lake · Jefferson · ~10 km · Must-see
• Grizzly Mountain · viewpoint · Crook · ~14 km · Must-see
• Cline Falls · waterfall · Deschutes · ~27 km · Must-see
• Ochoco State Scenic Viewpoint · park · Crook · ~30 km · Must-see
• A. R. Bowman Memorial Museum · museum · Crook · ~31 km · Must-see
• Barnes Butte · viewpoint · Crook · ~32 km · Must-see
• Billy Chinook Falls · waterfall · Jefferson · ~32 km · Must-see
• Crooked River Park · viewpoint · Crook · ~32 km · Must-see
• Redmond-Bend Juniper State Park · cave · Deschutes · ~33 km · Must-see
• Ericson Aircraft Collection · museum · Jefferson · ~33 km · Must-see
• Powell Buttes · viewpoint · Crook · ~36 km · Must-see
• Petersen Rock Garden · museum · Deschutes · ~36 km · Must-see
• Ochoco Dam · lake · Crook · ~42 km · Must-see
• Pelton Regulating Dam · lake · Jefferson · ~43 km · Must-see
• Camp Polk Meadow Preserve · sanctuary · Deschutes · ~44 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Cole Loop Trail

Other treks near Cole Loop Trail

• Oregon Desert Trail · trek · Deschutes · ~65 km · Must-see
• Bachelor Mountain Trail · trek · Linn · ~95 km · Must-see
• PCT - Oregon Section F · trek · Marion · ~82 km
• PCT - Oregon Section E · trek · Lane · ~107 km
• Mt. Hood Timberline Trail · trek · Clackamas · ~143 km
• Tam-a-láu Trail · trek · Jefferson · ~22 km
• Green Ridge Trail · trek · Jefferson · ~51 km
• Reynolds Pond Trail · trek · Deschutes · ~53 km
• Base Trail · trek · Deschutes · ~55 km
• Basalt Trail · trek · Deschutes · ~57 km

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