Oregon trails · Red Lake
Red Lake
A 5.3-mile out-and-back in Oregon, with 1,747 ft of climbing. Reaches Top Lake and other lake destinations. Managed by the U.S. Forest Service.
Elevation profile
Most of the climbing sits in the first third — 60% of the ascent, between mile 0.0 and mile 1.8.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Top Lake (lake)
- Fork Lake (lake)
- Wall Lake (lake)
- Sheep Lake (lake)
- Averill Lake (lake)
- Red Lake (lake)
- Nekbobets Lake (lake)
Getting there
Red Lake access — parking nearby. About 1 h 47 min drive (65 mi, 1 of them unpaved) from Sandy. 44.82128, -121.87301 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 6:52 a.m., the sun rises at 7:21 a.m. and sets at 6:24 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 6:54 p.m. (PDT) — 11 h 03 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 10.7-mile round trip takes roughly 5 h 43 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 1:04 p.m. — 5 h 21 min before sunset.
Nearby trails
- Cabot Lake — 18.4 mi
- Blue Lake — 22.8 mi
- Old Summit — 27.2 mi