About this campground
Cabot Lake Trailhead provides access to the Mt. Jefferson Wilderness and several trails as well as lakes, including Cabot Lake and Carl Lake. Provides access to: Cabot Lake Trail Jefferson Lake Trail #4001 Shirley Lake Trail #4003 Trails accessed via this trailhead leave the Deschutes National Forest across Jefferson Creek and enter the Warm Springs Indian Reservation. Recreationists will enter Mt. Jefferson Wilderness shortly after leaving the trailhead. Wilderness Permits are required. See "Permit Info" below for more details.
Getting there
From Sisters, Oregon: follow Highway 20 northwest for about 12 miles, then take Forest Road 12 north to Forest Road 1230 (near Jack Creek). Cabot Lake Trailhead is at the end of Forest Road #1230.
Activities
- HIKING
Nearby federal campgrounds
- SHEEP SPRINGS HORSE CAMPDeschutes National Forest3 mi
- CANDLE CREEK CAMPGROUNDDeschutes National Forest5 mi
- JACK CREEK CAMPGROUNDDeschutes National Forest5 mi
- ALLEN SPRINGS CAMPGROUNDDeschutes National Forest6 mi
- LOWER BRIDGE CAMPGROUNDDeschutes National Forest6 mi
- Pioneer Ford CampgroundDeschutes National Forest6 mi
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Cabot Lake Trailhead doesn't take campsite reservations — but plenty of nearby Oregon campgrounds do, and we'll alert you the moment a sold-out site opens up.
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