Oregon trails · Six Lakes
Six Lakes
A 5.2-mile out-and-back in Oregon, with 706 ft of climbing. Reaches Long Lake and other lake destinations. Managed by the U.S. Forest Service.
Elevation profile
The climbing leans toward the final third: 52% of the ascent falls between mile 3.5 and mile 5.2.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Long Lake (lake)
- East Quinn Lake (lake)
- Eddeeleo Lakes (lake)
- Round Lake (lake)
- Upper Eddeeleo Lake (lake)
- Quinn Lakes (lake)
- Upper Quinn Lake (lake)
- Lower Quinn Lake (lake)
- Lower Eddeeleo Lake (lake)
Getting there
SIX LAKES — parking nearby. About 1 h 54 min drive (53 mi, 9 of them unpaved) from Bend. 43.76692, -122.05379 · 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 6:26 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 6:55 p.m. (PDT) — 11 h 05 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 10.4-mile round trip takes roughly 4 h 34 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 11:55 a.m. — 6 h 31 min before sunset.
Loop options
- Wahana + Six Lakes + Blair Lake — 13.5 mi loop, 2,450 ft gain
Nearby trails
- Jim Weaver Loop(Waldo Lake) — 0.2 mi
- Pacific Crest Trail_Def — 5.4 mi
- Pct: Def Bend South — 5.4 mi
- Metolius-Windigo — 6.5 mi