About this campground
This trailhead provides access to: Lowder Trail #3329 Quaking Aspen Swamp Trail #3332 Fench Pete Creek Trail #3311 Olallie Trail #3529 See Trail page for more information.
Getting there
From Blue River, OR, travel 4 miles east on Highway 126 and turn right onto Forest Road 19 (Aufderheide). Continue right at the Y junction for 3 miles to the top of Cougar Reservoir. At the reservoir, turn left across the dam onto Forest Road 1993 and continue up the road to a parking area on the right (southwest) side of the road at Lowder Mountain, Upper Trailhead.
Activities
- HIKING
Nearby federal campgrounds
- Cougar Crossing CampgroundWillamette National Forest6 mi
- COUGAR CROSSING CAMPGROUNDWillamette National Forest6 mi
- FRENCH PETE CAMPGROUNDWillamette National Forest6 mi
- HARD ROCK CAMPGROUNDWillamette National Forest6 mi
- RED DIAMOND CAMPGROUNDWillamette National Forest6 mi
- SLIDE CREEKWillamette National Forest6 mi
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Lowder Mountain, Upper 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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