Marble Creek Trailhead

A tributary just before meeting marble creek.

Marble creek trailhead.

View east in dramatic evening light with long shadows. Note that as this road winds up with multiple bends there are high water bars that require clearance to navigate. Marble creek at the upper crossing. Turn left west on pocahontas road and go about 7 miles to the marble creek road becomes forest road 6510.

Campground on cranberry creek and marble creek in st. A fine day hike or overnight backpack the marble creek trail no. 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. Marble creek in all its glory.

At the intersection with delaney creek trail 271 take a left nnw and the second part of the trail begins. There are interesting remnants from logging days of the 1920s. Trail 261 is part of the marble creek trail system and features fishing opportunities in marble creek remnants of cabins historical logging sites and good huckleberry picking when they are in season. The trail then crosses marble creek imagine small river not creek in a big snow year.

Trail on cranberry creek and marble creek in st. The trail rides the ridge as long as it can before using some switch backs to reach marble creek. Private land blocks the path in both directions so until easements or purchases are negotiated the final route between the two is uncertain. Forest road 6510 is very rough steep and narrow.

It s complete with hitching posts water and campsites. The old splash dam and old structures on marble creek. Turn left on marble creek road and go for 9 miles to the top of the ridge to the trailhead. 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.

Joe nf grandmother mtn. Joe nf grandmother mtn. Open to motorbikes but recommended for advanced riders. Marble creek camp 3 is a nice horse facility about 13 miles off the paved st.

Views from trail 251 prior to meeting 261 are few and far between. Check website for details. 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.

Grandmother mountain view an elevation profile of the trail. From baker city oregon north on highway 30 to northrn edge of town to pocahontas road. Ferns on trail 261. Camping is available at many locations along the route.