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This is a very easy drive up 6 pointer. On highway 97 go 3 miles north of Chemult and turn right at the Walker Mt LO turn-off (fr94). After a couple miles turn left onto fr9402. There is a sign with nothing on it nailed to a tree at the turn-off. This road will take you all the way to the lookout. It is dusty and bumpy, but most 4x4 suv's should make it no problem. I had to walk around at the summit to get in the required yardage but that was easy as there is alot to explore and views to see.  Lots of antenna support at the top and not many bugs for this time of the year.

Take highway 101 north out of Florence and turn on to Tenmile Creek Road. Stay on this nice road for a couple miles then  turn left onto NF -5694. This is a good, mostly paved road. After a few miles you will see a hiking sign on the left side of road. Don't turn, stay straight ahead. From here go about a quarter mile and you will see a yellow gate on the left before you make a big left turn. I parked here and hiked about 4/10 mile easily to the summit. If you go passed the trail head to the big fork in the road with FS Road 5000, turn around.

Davis Mountain is a drive up summit if you have four wheel drive. Passed Oakridge on hiway 58 turn left on the Crescent Cutoff then go and turn left again to get on the Cascade Lakes Scenic Byway. Near the Davis Lake campground turn right on to National Forest Road 62. Then proceed on Davis Mt Lookout Road to the summit. The road gets very narrow and technical at times. I made it in my Jeep Wrangler and think you should stick to a 4x4. At the summit, there is a large activation area.

Once you find Sharps Creek Road, you can follow it to the trail head with ease. You should not try the road to the trail head unless you have a 4x4 as rocks and ground clearance will give you trouble. During the summer, the look out is manned only from around noon to 4:00 pm. This is when the gate will be unlocked at the trail head. Otherwise, it is a very nice trail (1.1 mile dirt road ) to the summit. At the top I had ZERO cell coverage!  (AT&T) No way to spot myself! So I called CQ on the usual 20m SOTA freqs with no respnse.