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Mount Hood

3,425 m11,237 ft

Mapped trail: 5.4 km+938 m · about 3 h · T2Ends 700 m below the summit.
Prominence: 2,349 m7,706 ft
Isolation: 92 km
Tonight: 21°FFair · Wind 7–10 mph WNW

Mount Hood is a 3,425 m (11,237 ft) stratovolcano in the Oregon Cascades, Oregon, United States.

All facts

Elevation: 3,425 m · 11,237 ft
Nearest higher peak: Mount Adams (3,743 m)
Range: Oregon Cascades
Region: Oregon, United States
Protected area: Mt. Hood National Forest
Spanish name: Monte Hood
Coordinates: 45.3735° N, 121.6958° W

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Route

Trails toward Mount Hood

Mapped trails from the road get to 700 m below the summit, typically a pass, lake or camp. The top itself is a mountaineering climb with no mapped route.

Easiest route: from Cloud Cap Trailhead (trailhead)

Distance: 5.4 kmone way
Climb: +938 m(3,077 ft up)
Time up: about 3 h
Difficulty: T2Mountain trail, sure footing needed

Mount Hood elevation profile

Ends 700 m below the summit.

Download GPX (free, ODbL)KML

Other routes 1

Road end, 8.0 km ENE of Mount Hood9.4 km · +1,461 m · about 5 hEnds 700 m below the summit.
T2GPX KML

Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.

3D map

Mount Hood 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 13.4 × 13.4 km

Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Mount Hood terrain and contours

100 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one, from Cloud Cap Trailhead. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 500 mShowing west → east through the summit

West → east through the summit

Hover the profile to read elevation and distance.Tap or drag along the profile to read elevation and distance.

Weather

Mount Hood weather

Today · Clear · 21 / 26°F (-6 / -3°C) · 1% chance of precipitation · Wind 7 mph NNW

Mount Hood forecast for the summit, about 2,933 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,576 m.

Today21°26°1%7 mph NNWBase 31 / 40°
Sat26°35°10%2–9 mph SWBase 35 / 49°
Sun26°32°47%5–13 mph SBase 35 / 45°
Mon25°28°63%2–12 mph WSWBase 35 / 42°
Tue23°29°34%2–7 mph WBase 33 / 42°
Wed23°28°36%3–9 mph SSEBase 32 / 42°
Thu23°30°20%2–12 mph SEBase 32 / 43°

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 23:41 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Mount Hood

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Mount Hood, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

Nearest campsite
2.7 km E
+2 more within 2.8 km
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Nearest hut
Silcox Hut
3.4 km SSW · +1 more within 4.8 km
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Nearest trailhead
Cloud Cap Trailhead
4.6 km NE · +1 more within 7.5 km
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Nearest parking
Salmon River Parking
4.8 km S · +2 more within 4.8 km
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All mapped places 10

Place	Distance
Campsite	2.7 km E
Campsite	2.8 km E
Campsite	2.8 km E
Silcox HutHut	3.4 km SSW
Cloud Cap TrailheadTrailhead	4.6 km NE
Parking	4.6 km NE
Salmon River ParkingParking	4.8 km S
Parking	4.8 km NE
Tilly Jane A-FrameHut	4.8 km NE
Elk Meadows TrailheadTrailhead	7.5 km SE

Slope

How steep is the route to Mount Hood?

The easiest mapped route, 5.4 km from 1,783 m to 2,726 m. Steepest stretch: 27°.

0 km · 1,783 m5.4 km · 2,726 m

0–15°4.9 km
15–30°0.6 km

Grades are averaged between profile points about 60 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 53.7%Grassland 20.3%Bare rock / sparse 15.7%Snow & ice 9.5%Moss & lichen 0.7%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 6.7 km, measured from the Mount Hood summit.

Summit list 7

1Pulpit Rock2,663 m 1.2 km N
2Illumination Rock2,909 m 1.3 km WSW
3Barrett Spur2,393 m 2.4 km N
4Langille Crags2,205 m 2.7 km NE
5Lamberson Butte2,022 m 4.1 km ESE
6Picnic Rock1,652 m 6.2 km SE
7Newton Pinnacle1,630 m 6.3 km SE

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 6.7 km; 867 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Subalpine mariposa lily492
Partridgefoot319
Mount Hood pussypaws316
Mountain hemlock297
Sitka Mountain-Ash265
White pasqueflower252

Where it sits

Where Mount Hood sits

Ranked in 1

#11 Treks and hikes in United States

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Lost Lake959 m16 km NW

Mount Hood downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGMount Hood satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-08.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

GPXMount Hood GPX / KML route downloadIn the route section. Mapped route for GPS apps and Google Earth, under the ODbL.

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 3,426 m at the summit; the official height is 3,425 m.

A 10 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	3,425 m	—
USGS 3DEP 10 m (used on this page)	3,426 m	+1 m
Copernicus GLO-30	3,410 m	-15 m
Copernicus GLO-90	3,399 m	-26 m

Data sources

Terrain: U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-09-08)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Protected area: USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Accuracy comparison: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Accuracy comparison, Panorama: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast: Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
Sources: Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia

Mount Hood

Easiest route: from Cloud Cap Trailhead (trailhead)

West → east through the summit

Nearest campsite

Nearest hut

Nearest trailhead

Nearest parking

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