Marble Creek Trailhead

There are interesting remnants from logging days of the 1920s.

Marble creek trailhead.

From here you can ride a beautiful set of trails which take you into the old logging camps and past the haunting splash dams. Note that as this road winds up with multiple bends there are high water bars that require clearance to navigate. Grandmother mountain view an elevation profile of the trail. Trail on cranberry creek and marble creek in st.

This is a true river trail up and down into and. It s complete with hitching posts water and campsites. The marble creek trail is the little orphan of the ozark trail laying half way between the taum sauk and wappapello sections waiting to be connected. From baker city oregon north on highway 30 to northrn edge of town to pocahontas road.

A tributary just before meeting marble creek. Views from trail 251 prior to meeting 261 are few and far between. Marble creek at the upper crossing. At the intersection with delaney creek trail 271 take a left nnw and the second part of the trail begins.

Marble creek in all its glory. Turn left on marble creek road and go for 9 miles to the top of the ridge to the trailhead. A fine day hike or overnight backpack the marble creek trail no. View east in dramatic evening light with long shadows.

Turn left west on pocahontas road and go about 7 miles to the marble creek road becomes forest road 6510. Forest road 6510 is very rough steep and narrow. 261 features fishing opportunities in scenic marble creek remnants of cabins historical logging sites and good huckleberry picking when they are in season. Check website for details.

Marble creek camp 3 is a nice horse facility about 13 miles off the paved st. Open to motorbikes but recommended for advanced riders. The old splash dam and old structures on marble creek. Ferns on trail 261.

The trail then crosses marble creek imagine small river not creek in a big snow year. Campground on cranberry creek and marble creek in st. The marble creek section of the ozark trail is an eight mile segment extending to crane lake where it connects with the five mile crane lake national recreation trail. Lots of flowers on trail 261.

Continue on marble creek road which becomes fr 6510 for another 7 7 miles until you reach a saddle and the pullout on the left at the signed marble pass trailhead. Joe nf grandmother mtn. Joe nf grandmother mtn. Private land blocks the path in both directions so until easements or purchases are negotiated the final route between the two is uncertain.