It is 11.45 miles (18.43 km) long and runs northwest to southeast, entirely within Baker County.

OR 413 was established in 2003 as part of Oregon's project to assign route numbers to highways that previously were not assigned, and, as of July 2017, was unsigned.

OR 413 begins at Elk Creek in Cornucopia and heads southeast through Carson and Jimtown to Halfway, where it ends at an intersection with OR 414 and OR 86 Spur.

Its northernmost 6 miles (9.7 km) are unpaved and narrow, and is closed by snow in the winter.

The entire route is in Baker County.