Bald Butte in OR: The Ultimate Road Trip Guide
Bald Butte is a high mountain peak at an elevation of 2.299m (7,542ft) above the sea level, located in Lake County, in the U.S. state of Oregon.
Tucked away in the Fremont-Winema National Forest, in south-central Oregon, the road to the summit is totally unpaved. It’s called Forest Road 450. It’s navigable by passenger vehicles. However, the last 2 miles are steep, rough and may have large rocks that should be moved. Large RVs are not recommended.
Starting at Paisley, the road to the summit is 38.94km (24.2 miles) long. The summit hosts a fire lookout tower. It was built in 1931 and served as a Forest Service fire detection site for over 50 years.