Parking at Bolan Lake (bobcat)

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• Maps: Oregon Hikers Maps Google Maps
• Latitude, Longitude: 42.02290, -123.45754
• Elevation: 4,385 feet
• Driving time: 85 minutes from downtown Grants Pass

Hikes starting here

• Bolan Mountain Hike   (TH | <—   —> | LOG)

Fees, Facilities, etc.

• Campground, restrooms
• Bolan Mountain Lookout rental from July 1st – September 30th (See Recreation.gov)

Driving Directions

From Grants Pass:

Drive south on 6th Street. From the junction with A Street, it’s one mile to the bridge over the Rogue River.

Keep straight here for Murphy, Jacksonville, and Highway 238. In 0.2 miles, reach the junction with Highway 199 (the Redwood Highway), and turn right for Rogue Community College, Cave Junction, and Crescent City.

In 28.3 miles, you’ll pass the junction for the Oregon Caves National Monument in Cave Junction.

Continue on Highway 199 another 6.4 miles, and make a left turn onto Waldo Road for Takilma and Happy Camp.

Drive 4.8 miles and come to a crossroads with Takilma Road.

Keep straight here on Happy Camp Road, which becomes FR 48, for 12.4 miles, passing the Page Mountain Sno-Park and crossing the border into California.

Turn left on FR 4812, a narrow gravel road, and proceed 0.8 miles.

Keep right at the next junction, and go 0.6 miles.

Stay left at another junction, and proceed 0.4 miles.

At the next junction, keep right, and drive 2.3 miles to a junction signed for Bolan Lake.

Keep left here on FR 040 and, in 1.1 miles, reach a crossroads.

Continue straight for 0.7 miles as you drive through the Bolan Lake Campground.

Stay left at a one-way 5 mph circle at the end of the campground. It’s 25 yards from the beginning of the circle to the Bolan Lake Trail where it climbs to Bolan Mountain. At the end of the circle, you’ll see a trail marker for the trail around Bolan Lake. There’s space for parking near the lake.

Contributors

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