Name: Pilot Butte Trail
Rating: 4.1

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This is a spiral trail ascending Pilot Butte with great views of the nearby mountains. The trail can be crowded on weekends.

Flora & Fauna

A mountain lion has been spotted here in the past!

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Land Manager: Bend Parks and Recreation District

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Kirsten Kuhn

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Trail Ratings

4.1 from 17 votes

#3

in Bend

#7080

Overall

4.1 from 17 votes

5 Star		35%
4 Star		41%
3 Star		24%
2 Star		0%
1 Star		0%

Trail Rankings

#3

in Bend

#184

in Oregon

#7,080

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1,959 Since May 22, 2015

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Evening view of the mountains from Pilot Butte

May 22, 2015 near Bend, OR

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Check-Ins

Dec 4, 2023

Karl Vochatzer

first hike up 0.9mi — 21h 00m

Jul 8, 2022

Emma Fischer

Apr 3, 2022

Karson Maitland

Went with Alyssa and talked in car lol 2mi — 2h 00m

Feb 20, 2022

Andrii Khmelkov

Sep 23, 2021

Gopal Jivan

Aug 5, 2019

Karp Karp

Jul 5, 2019

Vilay Khandelwal

Apr 17, 2019

Brandon Sullivan

1.5mi — 14h 15m

Feb 23, 2019

Tommy Sims

Snow! Snow! Snow!

Jan 3, 2019

Jose Graterol

Feb 22, 2018

Chris Henningsen

Jan 7, 2018

Matt Luck

Oct 4, 2017

Jenni Herold

1.8mi

Jul 29, 2017

Julia Shumway

Up Nature Trail and down around Base Trail 3.3mi

Apr 6, 2017

Andrew Harper

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