Acker Divide Trail
This trail provides access to 3 destinations:
- Buckeye and Cliff Lakes via Lakes Trail #1578 to the north;
- Grasshopper Mountain via Grasshopper Trail #1574; and the
- Rogue-Umpqua Divide Trail #1470.
The trail accesses Rogue-Umpqua Divide Wilderness. It passes through park like stands of old growth trees. The most impressive old growth lies along the trail from the trailhead to Grasshopper Meadows and around the Cripple Camp Shelter area. The shelter at Cripple Camp was built in the 1930's and is typical of the primitive construction style of that time. Just beyond Cripple Camp is Toad Lake, a marshy opening which provides good opportunities for wildlife observation.
Near the end, the trail leaves the timber and passes through Pup Prairie, a large meadow typical of the Divide's high country.
A 0.5 mile hike up Forest Service Road #6515-530 from the trail's end leads to Hershberger Lookout. Here the visitor is rewarded with a spectacular view of the Southern Oregon Cascades, the Rogue River drainage, the Umpqua River drainage, the Siskiyou Mountains, and Mt. Shasta.
Specific Trail Information
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General Information
Trail elevation ranges from 5,760' at the highest point to 4,160' at the lowest. From mid-to-late Fall and early to mid-spring expect that the trail will have snow cover.
Not available. Surface water should be treated.
Address: 27812 Tiller Trail Highway Tiller, OR 97484
Phone: 541-825-3100
Hours: Thursday and Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. (Closed on federal holidays)
Getting There
Directions
Acker Divide Trailhead: From Canyonville, OR take West 1st Street and turn onto SE 3rd St/OR-227. Continue to follow OR-227 approximately 23 miles until you reach Tiller. From Tiller, OR take County Road #46, which becomes South Umpqua Road #28. Then take a right onto Jackson Creek Road #29. Follow Road Jackson Creek Road #29 to Forest Road #2900-550. Take a left onto Forest Road #2900-550 and follow for about a mile to Acker Divide Trailhead, approximately 31 miles from Tiller.
Or by the Lakes Trail #1578 via Skimmerhorn Trailhead: From Canyonville, OR take West 1st Street and turn onto SE 3rd St/OR-227. Continue to follow OR-227 approximately 23 miles until you reach Tiller. From the Tiller, OR take County Road #46, which becomes South Umpqua Road #28, to Road #2823. Follow Road #2823 to Road #2830. Follow Road #2830 to Road #2830-600. Follow Road #2830-600 to the Skimmerhorn Trailhead, approximately 35 miles from Tiller.
