Shotgun Creek Loop Hike
From Oregon Hikers Field Guide
- Start point: Shotgun Creek Trailhead
- End point: Shotgun Creek-Drury Ridge-Tiki Trail Junction
- Hike type: Loop
- Distance: 4.6 miles
- Elevation gain: 800 feet
- High point: 1,310 feet
- Difficulty: Easy
- Seasons: Year round
- Backpackable: No
- Family Friendly: Yes
- Crowded: In the summer months
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Hike Description
The small network of trails located in the Bureau of Land Management's Shotgun Creek Recreation Site offers multiple options for loop hikes ranging from 1.4 to 5 miles. This hike is a 4.6 mile loop that includes all of the Shotgun Creek Trail and the Drury Ridge Trail (a.k.a. the B. S.A. Trail). You can hike here all year, but the facilities at the recreation site are closed to the public from November through April.
The Shotgun Creek Trail begins near a horseshoe pit at the north end of the field by Shelter 2. Follow this trail along Shotgun Creek for 0.7 miles before turning uphill and looping around to the southeast.
Turn left (uphill) onto the Drury Ridge Trail at the four-way intersection of the Shotgun Creek, Drury Ridge, and Tiki (also spelled Tykie) Trails. The next 0.8 miles are the steepest section of the loop with 500 feet of elevation gain.
After 1.9 miles, the Drury Ridge Trail once again intersects the Tiki Trail. Turn left to follow the Tiki Trail down to Shotgun Creek, merging with the Lower Shotgun Trail just before the parking and picnic areas.
Maps
Fees, Facilities, etc.
- $5 day-use fee or BLM Northwest Oregon Pass or America the Beautiful Pass required from May through October
- Restrooms, picnic area, ball field, play area, swimming hole (facilities closed from November through April)
- Dogs on leash
Trip Reports
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Related Discussions / Q&A
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Guidebooks
- 52 Hikes for 52 Weeks by Franziska Weinheimer (Hike Oregon)
- Best Easy Day Hikes: Salem and Eugene by Adam Sawyer
- 100 Hikes: Central Oregon Cascades by William L. Sullivan
- Oregon Hiking by Sean Patrick Hill
Links
- Shotgun Creek Recreation Site (Bureau of Land Management)
- Shotgun Creek Recreation Site brochure (Bureau of Land Management)
- Shotgun Creek (Hike Oregon)
- Spencer Butte, Shotgun Creek, and Horse Rock Ridge – 2/9/2020 (wanderingyuncks)
- Shotgun Creek Recreation Site (Eugene Cascades Coast)
- Shotgun Creek Recreation Site (Travel Oregon)
- "Shotgun Creek features beautiful winter hike between Salem and Eugene" (Statesman Journal)
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