Mt. Hood National Forest · Oregon

Boulder Lake

2.7 mi of trail, end to end · native material surface · trail No. 463 · trail class 2 · typical grade 12-20% · tread 18-24 inches wide

Campgrounds

Along the way Bonney Meadows Campground

Trailheads Bonney Meadows Trailhead Drive there · Boulder Lake Trailhead Drive there

Boulder Lake Trailhead the Forest Service's write-up

No fees

Gravel trailhead with no services other than an information kiosk. Provides access to a variety of trails in the 44 Trails System and Badger Creek Wilderness .

Provides access to: Boulder Lake Trail #463 , Boulder Lakeshore Trail #463B and Little Boulder Trail #463A

Can also provide access to Hidden Meadows Trail and Forest Creek Trail indirectly, both of which are mostly used by mountain bikers seeking a backcountry experience.

Trail maintenance is accomplished thanks to the help of the 44 Trails Association !

This trailhead on fs.usda.gov

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About this trail's facts

The lines are the US Forest Service's National Forest System trails layer (public domain), read 2026-10-16 and simplified for the map; the length is the line's, end to end, and the class, surface, grade and tread width are the forest's own entries where it publishes them - a forest that publishes the centreline alone has none. The trailheads and the points along the way are the Service's recreation points, and the write-ups its own recarea text, unedited. Heights come from USGS 3DEP through Terrain Tiles on AWS (Mapzen/Tilezen), read along each line and rounded; a short trail on steep ground can be off by a few tens of feet. Closures change: check the forest's own site before you go.