Oregon trails · Cabot Lake
Cabot Lake
A 8.9-mile out-and-back in Oregon, with 1,474 ft of climbing. Reaches Junction Lake and other lake destinations. Managed by the U.S. Forest Service.
Elevation profile
The climbing is spread fairly evenly along the route. It gives back about 1,261 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Junction Lake (lake)
- Patsy Lake (lake)
- Cabot Lake (lake)
- Table Lake (lake)
- Carl Lake (lake)
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Getting there
CABOT LAKE T.H. — parking nearby, restroom, water. About 1 h 39 min drive (48 mi, 8 of them unpaved) from Bend. 44.57376, -121.73141 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 6:51 a.m., the sun rises at 7:20 a.m. and sets at 6:24 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 6:53 p.m. (PDT) — 11 h 04 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 17.8-mile round trip takes roughly 8 h 04 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 3:24 p.m. — 3 h 00 min before sunset.
Loop options
- Cabot Lake Trail #4003 + Cabot Lake + Shirley Lake — 12.1 mi loop, 1,941 ft gain
Nearby trails
- Blue Lake — 9.9 mi
- Old Summit — 11.7 mi
- Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail — 14.6 mi
- Red Lake — 18.4 mi