Indian Springs Trailhead, listed as Pacific Crest North, is a small Hood River Ranger District trailhead for Indian Springs Trail #435 and the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail #2000, routes into the Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness. The area around it is a well-known place to pick huckleberries.
Expect one picnic table, parking for five cars, no restroom and no drinking water. From Hood River, the Dee Highway (OR 281) leads to Lost Lake Road (Forest Road 13); take its Wahtum Lake fork to Forest Road 1310 and follow that paved road 6 miles to Wahtum Lake Campground. The trailhead is 2.2 miles farther on Forest Road 1310-660, and the road in is narrow and rough.
Getting there
From Hood River
- travel south on OR Hwy 281 Dee Highway (it goes past the Hood River airport) approximately 11 miles to the Lost Lake Road turn-off (approximately 0.7 mile past milepost 11.
- Follow Lost Lake Road (Forest Road 13) and after approximately 5 miles (0.5 mile after crossing the West Fork of the Hood River), take the right fork onto Lost Lake Road (Forest Road 13) signed for Wahtum Lake.
- Continue on Lost Lake Road for another 4.3 miles to Forest Road 1310.
- Turn right (north) onto Forest Road 1310 and travel 6 miles on the paved road to the Wahtum Lake Campground.
- Pass the campground and continue 2.2 miles on Forest Road 1310-660 to the trailhead parking area on the north side of the road (Forest Road 1310 becomes Forest Road 1310-660 Wahtum Lake Road after Wahtum Lake Campground).
From the Forest Service
Rules and restrictions
Wilderness regulations apply within designated wilderness.
All fees
No fees are required for this site
