Trail Information
Picnickers, hikers, trail runners, mountain bikers, equestrians, dog walkers, nature enthusiasts — and you — are welcome to explore 35 miles of trails and over 110 miles of roads. Work continues to make more trails accessible to individuals with mobility restrictions. For information about accessibility, please contact Matt McPharlin at 541-737-6730 or matt.mcpharlin@oregonstate.edu.
Check out the McDonald Forest Visitor Guide and Map for more information about which trails are open to which uses, the buttons below to learn about trail ettiquette and trailhead congestion, and the list below for more information about each trail.
Trail Information
540-547 Connector
- Length: 0.2 miles
- Allowed Uses: Foot, Bike, Horse
- Tread Surface: packed gravel
- For more information about this trail, click here
Alpha
- Length: 0.4 miles
- Allowed Uses: Foot, Bike, Horse
- Tread Surface: packed gravel
- For more information about this trail, click here
Baker Creek
- Length: 0.2 miles
- Allowed Uses: Foot, Bike, Horse
- Tread Surface: packed gravel
- For more information about this trail, click here
Banzai
- Length: 0.3 miles
- Allowed Uses: Foot, Bike, Horse
- Tread Surface: gravel road bed
- For more information about this trail, click here
Beautiful Trail
- Length: 1 mile
- Allowed Uses: Foot, Bike, Horse
- Tread Surface: Natural surface (dirt)
- Please read pages 7 and 8 of the 2016 Winter Newsletter for more information on this trail’s wet weather restrictions
Calloway Creek
- Length: 2.3 miles
- Allowed Uses: Foot, Bike* (*4/15-10/31 only)
- Tread Surface: packed gravel
- For more information about this trail, click here
CFIRP
- Length: 0.5 miles
- Allowed Uses: Foot
- Tread Surface: packed gravel
- For more information about this trail, click here
Dan’s Horse Connector
- Length: 0.7 miles
- Allowed Uses: Foot, Bike, Horse
- Tread Surface: packed gravel
- For more information about this trail, click here
Dan's Trail
- Length: 3.1 miles
- Allowed Uses: Foot, Bike, Horse
- Tread Surface: packed gravel
- For more information about Upper Dan’s Trail, click here
- For more information about Middle Dan’s Trail, click here
- For more information about Lower Dan’s Trail, click here
Dave’s Trail
- Length: 0.75 miles
- Allowed Uses: Foot, Bike* (*4/15-10/31 only)
- Tread Surface: Natural surface (dirt)
- Please read pages 7 and 8 of the 2016 Winter Newsletter for more information on this trail’s wet weather restrictions
Peavy Arboretum Trails
- Length: Various lengths ranging from 0.1-1.3
- Allowed Uses: Foot
- Tread Surface: packed gravel
- For more information about the Peavy Arboretum Trails, click here (pdf)
Extendo
- Length: 1.4 miles
- Allowed Uses: Foot, Bike*, Horse* (*4/15-10/31 only)
- Tread Surface: Natural surface (dirt)
- For more information about this trail, click here
Firehouse (Cameron Demonstration Forest)
- Length: 0.28 miles
- Allowed Uses: Foot, Bike*, Horse* (*4/15-10/31 only)
- Tread Surface: Natural surface (dirt)
- Please read pages 7 and 8 of the 2016 Winter Newsletter for more information on this trail’s wet weather restrictions
William Ferrell Forest Discovery Trail
- Length: 1.2 miles
- Allowed Uses: Foot
- Tread Surface: packed gravel
- For more information about this trail, click here
Homestead
- Length: 0.5 miles
- Allowed Uses: Foot, Bike, Horse
- Tread Surface: packed gravel
- For more information about this trail, click here
Intensive Management
- Length: 1.1 miles
- Allowed Uses: Foot, Bike* (*4/15-10/31 only)
- Tread Surface: packed gravel
- For more information about this trail, click here
Lower Horse
- Length: 0.5 miles
- Allowed Uses: Foot, Bike, Horse
- Tread Surface: packed gravel
- For more information about this trail, click here
New Growth
- Length: 0.5 miles
- Allowed Uses: Foot
- Tread Surface: packed gravel
- For more information about this trail, click here
Old Growth
- Length: 0.5 miles
- Allowed Uses: Foot
- Tread Surface: packed gravel
- For more information about this trail, click here
Powder House
- Length: 1.0 miles
- Allowed Uses: Foot
- Tread Surface: packed gravel
- For more information about this trail, click here
Quercus Meadow
- Length: 0.2 miles
- Allowed Uses: Foot, Bike, Horse
- Tread Surface: packed gravel
- For more information about this trail, click here
Ridge
- Length: 0.6 miles
- Allowed Uses: Foot, Bike, Horse
- Tread Surface: packed gravel
- For more information about this trail, click here
Scout (Dunn Forest)
- Length: 0.7 miles
- Allowed Uses: Foot, Bike, Horse
- Tread Surface: packed gravel
- For more information about this trail, click here
Section 36 Loop
- Length: 3.3 miles
- Allowed Uses: Foot
- Tread Surface: packed gravel
- For more information about this trail, click here
Sulphur Springs
- Length: 0.1 miles
- Allowed Uses: Foot
- Tread Surface: packed gravel
- For more information about this trail, click here
Upper Horse
- Length: 0.9 miles
- Allowed Uses: Foot, Bike, Horse
- Tread Surface: packed gravel
- For more information about this trail, click here
Uproute
- Length: 0.7 miles
- Allowed Uses: Foot, Bike, Horse
- Tread Surface: packed gravel
- For more information about this trail, click here
Vineyard Mountain
- Length: 1.45 miles
- Allowed Uses: Foot, Bike* (*4/15-10/31 only)
- Tread Surface: Natural surface (dirt)
- Please read pages 7 and 8 of the 2016 Winter Newsletter for more information on this trail’s wet weather restriction
Woodland
- Length: 0.4 miles
- Allowed Uses: Foot
- Tread Surface: packed gravel
- For more information about this trail, click here