The Mckenzie Pass Highway

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58.5 km

Length

+1,175 m

Ascent

−710 m

Descent

1,628 m

Highest point

Hairpins

8.0%

Max gradient

1h 18min

Drive time (approx.)

Weather on the road

At the highest point · 1,628 m

6 °C cloudy

wind 6 m/s · clouds 89%

At the start

13 °C partlycloudy

wind 4 m/s · clouds 59%

	Min	Max	Precipitation	Wind
Friday 23 Oct	-2 °C	6 °C	0.4 mm	6 m/s	partlycloudy
Saturday 24 Oct	-1 °C	14 °C	0.0 mm	3 m/s	fair
Sunday 25 Oct	3 °C	12 °C	0.0 mm	4 m/s	partlycloudy

Weather data by MET Norway (CC BY 4.0) · Updated 10/23/26, 12:46 AM

Terrain and when to go

Landscape: High mountain road
Surface: asphalt 100%

Roads nearby

McKenzie Pass-Santiam Pass Scenic Byway

136.4 km
Length: +1,935 m
Ascent

The Santiam Pass

107.1 km
Length: +1,272 m
Ascent

The Clackamas River

77.8 km
Length: +499 m
Ascent

58.5 km · 8 hairpins · 1,628 m

Elevation profile

What does The Mckenzie Pass Highway look like?

Oregon Route 242 · Visitor7 · CC BY-SA 3.0

OR 242 (49097793997) · Oregon Department of Transportation · CC BY 2.0

Damage from Milli Fire on OR 242 (36882749932) · Oregon Department of Transportation · CC BY 2.0

Oregon Route 242 Scenic Vista · Visitor7 · CC BY-SA 3.0

McKenziePassOR242 · David Hunter from Nashville, TN, USA · CC BY 2.0

Transitioning as I bicycle west (7967331006) · Robert Ashworth from Bellingham, WA., USA · CC BY 2.0

Medow along Old McKenzie Pass Highway (7967039052) · Robert Ashworth from Bellingham, WA., USA · CC BY 2.0

North Sister (15843873752) · Kirt Edblom from Kihei, Hi, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0

Photos come from Wikimedia Commons under the licences shown; each opens its source page.

Start

Lane County

44.18416, -122.07473

Finish

Sisters

44.29366, -121.55790

Along the road

Parking

Proxy Falls Trailhead 14.5 km · 950 m

Linton Lake Trailhead 16.9 km · 1,090 m

Obsidian Trailhead 24.4 km · 1,450 m

Obsidian StockTrailhead 24.4 km · 1,450 m

Scott Trailhead 25.1 km · 1,458 m

Hand Lake Trailhead 26.4 km · 1,473 m

Lava Camp Lake Trailhead 35.7 km · 1,581 m

Black Crater Trailhead 38.7 km · 1,491 m

47 unnamed places along the road, from 10.7 km to 58.5 km.

Toilets

Restrooms 34.2 km · 1,624 m

6 unnamed places along the road, from 24.4 km to 58.3 km.

Viewpoints

Three Sisters Viewpoint 31.9 km · 1,588 m

Windy Point 39.2 km · 1,490 m

1 unnamed place along the road, from 31.9 km to 39.2 km.

Restaurants and cafés

Takoda's 58.4 km · 971 m

Bright spot 58.5 km · 971 m

Sno Cap Drive In 58.5 km · 971 m

Crosscut Warming Hut No. 4 58.5 km · 971 m

EV chargers

Tesla Supercharger 58.4 km · 971 m

Fuel

Space Age / The Trails 58.5 km · 971 m