Oregon hiking trails - Cottonwood Creek Trail, Wallowa County

   
  A lengthy tour separates Lewiston from Cottonwood Creek Trail, but backcountry backpacking is such an amusing thing to do, and this is a great site to do that. As long as you like the wilderness you will like Oregon. Nice backpacking trails in Oregon are in abundance; one of these is Cottonwood Creek Trail in Wallowa County. Can’t wait to get out in the great outdoors, Cottonwood Creek Trail in Wallowa County, Oregon is a great selection. This is just one of a large number of hiking and backpacking trails in this neighborhood. This backpacking and hiking
    trail has two trailheads, so backpacking it one way is an option if you can arrange for a ride back. With its 27 miles of walking distance; it's considered a longer hike. Cottonwood Creek Trail is a location that is pretty dehydrated typically; the wettest month of the year is
typically May, that's the one that rains the most while July is typically the driest month. At parts of the year this neighborhood sees very little rain, so do check for current fire restrictions before you go if you plan to bring a stove or make a camp fire. This is a backpacking trail that is quite long, so do pack enough food to last the whole trip. There are numerous backpacking trails in Oregon, and each one is striking in its own way. Of course, this is an overnight walk, 4 days normally, so better have big backpack to fit all the stuff you need. When  
you're here in Oregon hiking along one of its backpacking trails is the great thing to do. Cottonwood Creek Trail is a very long wilderness trail with an average amount of climbing distance which makes this hiking and backpacking trail pleasant for hard core backpackers looking for adventure. Don’t forget to check for any current restrictions or closures before you go. Different parts of this great outdoors hiking trail are at very different elevations which of course means you need to be prepared for different conditions on different parts of the great outdoors hiking trail. The total elevation difference for Cottonwood Creek Trail is 4,338 feet which is a higher than average number. High temperatures at Cottonwood Creek Trail through the summertime months are in the 80's with nighttime lows in the 50's. For the period of the winter highs are usually in the 30's, and nighttime lows through the winter for Cottonwood Creek Trail tend to be in the 20's.

Briefly about the general area:
This place, Cottonwood Creek Trail, it clearly has so much outdoors entertaining stuff. Billy Meadows is a tremendous location here at Cottonwood Creek Trail. There's so much to do here at Cottonwood Creek Trail that you need to camp here for a while, Kirkland Campground is a pleasant site for that. Bear Creek is a pretty stream that is worth stopping at, and do put some time aside to spend at Wildhorse Spring since you're here at Cottonwood Creek Trail.
Paddling on Snake River is so much fun; you could always explore Smooth Gulch. Take a side tour to Deadhorse Creek, and everybody loves Bear Flat.
Grande Ronde River has a great whitewater paddling spot nearby, and Kernan Spring is always fun to check out.

Location of Trailhead 1: Latitude 45.814, Longitude -116.9505
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Location of Trailhead 2: Latitude 45.9592, Longitude -117.0625
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Trailhead 1 to Trailhead 2:
Total hiking length = 13.5 miles
Total climbing distance = .4 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace: 8.5 hours
Fast Hiking Pace: 4.5 hours

Trailhead 2 to Trailhead 1:
Total hiking length = 13.5 miles
Total climbing distance = 11.5 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace: 2.5 days
Fast Hiking Pace: 9 hours
    Trailhead 1 back to Trailhead 1:
Total hiking length = 27 miles
Total climbing distance = 11.9 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace: 4 days
Fast Hiking Pace: 2.5 days

Trailhead 2 back to Trailhead 2:
Total hiking length = 27 miles
Total climbing distance = 11.9 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace: 4 days
Fast Hiking Pace: 2.5 days

Total elevation difference: 4338 feet


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 Trails Near Cottonwood Creek Trail:
Howard Cutoff Trail, Wallowa County County , 5 miles away,  3.6 hiking miles, 671 feet elevation difference
Cook Creek Trail, Wallowa County County , 7 miles away, 7.7 hiking miles, 4256 feet elevation difference
Chico Trail, Wallowa County County , 16 miles away, 7.7 hiking miles, 1654 feet elevation difference
Indian Tom Trail, Asotin County County , 27 miles away,  5.4 hiking miles, 2258 feet elevation difference
Red Hill Gulch Trail, Asotin County County , 28 miles away, 3.3 hiking miles, 1987 feet elevation difference
Wenatchee Creek Trail, Asotin County County , 28 miles away, 8.5 hiking miles, 3641 feet elevation difference
South Asotin Trail, Asotin County County , 28 miles away, 1.1 hiking miles, 1041 feet elevation difference
 Camp Grounds Near Cottonwood Creek Trail:
Kirkland Campground, Wallowa County, 10 miles away
 Whitewater Near Cottonwood Creek Trail:
Grande Ronde River, Asotin County County , 11 miles away, Class II-IV - 27 miles long (Boggan's Oasis to Snake River)
Snake River, Nez Perce County County , 14 miles away, Class II - 47 miles long (Salmon River to Lewiston)
Imnaha River, Wallowa County County , 17 miles away, Class III-IV - -blank- miles long (to Snake Lake)
Snake River, Wallowa County County , 19 miles away, Class II-IV - 71.5 miles long (Hells Canyon Dam to Washington Border)
Grande Ronde River, Asotin County County , 24 miles away, Class II-III - 19.5 miles long (Troy to Boggan's Oasis)
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Lewiston Super 8 Motel, Lewiston , 23 miles away
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Red Lion Hotel Lewiston, Lewiston , 25 miles away

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