Oregon Desert Trail Data Book - Section 1 - Badlands to Sand Spring

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This is a collection of data points for various trail sections along the Oregon Desert Trail. With the exception of the trailing ODT data book info, this is the same data that is a preface to each chapter in our map books.

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1 - Badlands to Sand Spring

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Distance: 39.3 miles, Trail Mile 0.0 - 39.3, Elevation Range (feet): 3402 - 6225

Administrative/Political
Wilderness Area(s) Oregon Badlands/BLM - 7.6	Forest(s) Deschutes - 11.6	National Park(s) none	County(s) Deschutes

Popular Resupply
none

Climate:
Type	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
High/Low °F	41/15	47/18	52/19	59/22	67/27	75/34	84/38	83/38	76/32	64/27	49/21	42/16
Mean °F	29	33	35	40	47	55	61	61	54	45	35	29
Precip (in)	3.1	2.0	2.1	1.5	1.6	1.4	0.7	0.9	0.9	1.5	3.0	3.3
Low temp is the minimum average low and High temp is the maximum average high in this section. Temps do not account for 'heat waves' or 'cold spells' which may alter temp by 10-15 degrees or more. Precip is not snow.

Significant Roads Crossed
Central Oregon Hwy, E Hwy 20, US US Hwy 20, Horse Ridge Frontage Rd, County Co Hwy 2015, FS 23, Spencer Wells Rd, FS 400, W Basin Rd, FS 2017, FS 500, Sand Springs Rd

Named Drainages Crossed
Central Oregon Canal

Named Lakes/Ponds (within ¼ mile of trail)
none

Landcover (percent of trail section)
Shrub/Scrub 74.9%, Evergreen 14.8%, Developed 6.1%, Grassland/Herbaceous 2.6%, Barren 1.7%

Geology Traversed
Basalt-Andesite/Holocene - 0.4, Basalt-Tuff/Pliocene to Pleistocene - 3.0, Clay or mud-Silt/Pleistocene - 4.2, Rhyolite-Latite/Eocene to Pliocene - 8.8

Fire Perimeters Traversed
none

Description	Mile	Dist to Next	Bearing to Next	Next Water	Elev	LPL	HPL	Comment	DFT
Badlands to Sand Spring	0.00	0.0	189	0.0	3402	0	0	Central Oregon Canal
Lake/pond	0.03	0.6	103	34.1	3405	3403	3404	CV001
CV002	0.59	1.3	194	33.6	3402	3402	3420
CV003	1.93	2.1	228	32.2	3461	3405	3465
CV004	4.05	0.3	220	30.1	3474	3461	3520
CV005	4.32	1.0	155	29.9	3484	3475	3493
CV006	5.29	1.2	164	28.9	3546	3484	3546
CV007	6.48	1.6	166	27.7	3641	3546	3643
CV008	8.06	1.4	213	26.1	3622	3601	3651
E Hwy 20	9.46	0.8	254	24.7	3740	3619	3744	Central Oregon Hwy, US Hwy Us Hwy 20, CV009
Horse Ridge Frontage Rd	10.28	0.5	189	23.9	3743	3722	3745	CV010
CV011	10.82	0.3	268	23.4	3736	3731	3749
CV012	11.17	1.1	242	23.0	3763	3738	3764
CV013	12.28	0.3	145	21.9	4124	3784	4123
CV014	12.61	1.7	134	21.6	4176	4125	4167
CV015	14.34	1.4	156	19.8	4619	4175	4632
CV016	15.78	0.4	181	18.4	4678	4622	4719
CV017	16.14	0.4	162	18.0	4790	4679	4803
CV018	16.59	0.8	144	17.6	4698	4651	4790
CV019	17.34	1.1	178	16.8	4281	4282	4699
CV020	18.42	0.9	88	15.8	4337	4259	4338
County Road Co Hwy 2015	19.28	0.3	176	14.9	4281	4267	4338	CV021
CV022	19.60	1.4	90	14.6	4301	4283	4303
CV023	20.99	1.2	198	13.2	4265	4265	4302
CV024	22.15	1.1	138	12.0	4402	4264	4404
CV025	23.22	0.4	121	11.0	4311	4312	4404
Spencer Wells Rd	23.66	0.3	130	10.5	4245	4253	4312	Nat For Dev Rd 23, CV026
CV027	23.99	0.4	92	10.2	4320	4240	4322
CV028	24.40	0.2	147	9.8	4311	4311	4321
CV029	24.59	0.6	150	9.6	4304	4306	4311
CV030	25.24	0.1	156	8.9	4370	4302	4321
Deschutes National Forest	25.33	1.6	158	8.8	4409	4370	4401	CV031
CV032	26.97	0.1	81	7.2	5685	4411	5683
Spring	27.04	0.0	203	7.1	5698	5686	5700
CV033	27.07	0.1	171	7.1	5705	5700	5705
W Basin Rd	27.14	1.3	131	7.0	5718	5705	5718	Nat For Dev Rd 400
Nat For Dev Rd 400	28.42	0.0	91	5.8	6007	5719	6008	W Basin Rd
W Basin Rd	28.45	0.1	190	5.7	5997	5998	6006	Nat For Dev Rd 400, CV034
Nat For Dev Rd 2017	28.57	0.7	162	5.6	6026	5991	6027
Nat For Dev Rd 500	29.26	0.5	84	4.9	6223	6027	6210	CV035
CV036	29.73	0.4	91	4.4	6151	6149	6225
Deschutes National Forest	30.13	0.1	72	4.0	6076	6075	6150
Nat For Dev Rd 2017	30.23	3.2	158	3.9	6056	6055	6077
CV037	33.39	0.7	92	0.8	4950	4951	6046
CV038	34.05	0.1	184	0.1	4826	4812	4930
Antelope Spring	34.17	0.2	177	0.2	4822	4824	4825	Lake/pond, CV039
Lake/pond	34.33	0.1	137	0.1	4816	4820	4825
Lake/pond	34.39	0.0	109	0.1	4812	4814	4817
Nat For Dev Rd 23	34.43	0.1	133	0.1	4812	4814	4814	CV040
Lake/pond	34.49	0.1	137	3.6	4816	4813	4817
CV041	34.63	0.4	129	3.4	4822	4818	4822
CV042	35.00	0.2	120	3.1	4832	4823	4834
CV043	35.17	0.8	129	2.9	4835	4834	4836
CV044	35.93	0.3	127	2.1	4862	4835	4864
CV045	36.27	0.1	173	1.8	4858	4856	4862
CV046	36.34	0.2	177	1.7	4862	4859	4861
CV047	36.53	1.2	165	1.5	4875	4862	4874
CV048	37.76	0.2	111	0.3	4885	4873	4886
CV049	38.01	0.1	74	0.1	4898	4890	4903
Lake/pond	38.06	0.0	178	0.0	4898	4897	4898	Spring
Spring	38.11	0.2	105	1.2	4898	4898	4899	Lake/pond
CV050	38.34	0.5	152	0.9	4911	4898	4908
CV051	38.84	0.0	129	0.4	4931	4910	4932
Nat For Dev Rd 23	38.87	0.4	155	0.4	4931	4932	4932	Sand Springs Rd