Oregon hiking trails - Duffy Lake Trail, Central Cascade Range, Linn County

   
  Spending too much time indoors got you down? No problem, Duffy Lake Trail in Linn County, Oregon is just the place. Every Oregon hiking trail is beautiful in its own way. Backcountry hiking in Oregon is a splendid way to spend some time. Pretty far from Bend you come across Duffy Lake Trail, but backcountry hiking is such an exciting thing to do, and this is a nice place to do that. Great hiking trails in Oregon are in abundance, and one of those is Duffy Lake Trail in Linn County. This part of Oregon is always a joy to go to during backpacking season.
    Duffy Lake Trail is 9.2 miles long; it's considered a longer backcountry walk. This is a long wilderness hiking trail, so do pack enough food to last the whole trip. This vicinity does get very dry sometimes, so make sure you check current conditions and fire restrictions with
local forest authorities before you head out. Duffy Lake Trail regularly gets a great deal of rainfall; the month with most of the rain is December, and July on the other hand is the driest. Summer at Duffy Lake Trail comes with high temperatures in the 70's, and through summer nights temperatures are in the 50's. Daytime highs through the wintertime are in the 40's with winter lows in the 30's overnight here at Duffy Lake Trail. Backpacking here in the Central Cascade Range is a tremendous way to explore these mountains. Duffy Lake Trail has only one  
trailhead, so you'll be backcountry backpacking it in and back out. This wilderness hiking trail is a very long wilderness hiking trail having an average number of uphill miles which makes it a splendid backpacking and hiking trail for experienced trekkers in tremendous shape. This great outdoors trail goes through some very different elevations, and that means that some parts of the great outdoors trail could be very different from other parts of it. There are so many backpacking and hiking trails in this region. You should count on this trek taking about 8 hours, but of course some folks walk a bit slower and some a bit faster. Please follow all local rules about fires and camping. The total elevation difference for this wilderness trail is 1,541 feet which is about average.

Briefly about the general area:
This is such a great river. Places like Duffy Prairie are pleasant to visit; there's some flowing water close by, Swede Creek is a stream you can stop by while here. There's no way someone can get bored here in the Central Cascade Range. Put some time aside to spend at Big Spring since you're here at Duffy Lake Trail; Green Creek is next to Duffy Lake Trail and is always a joy to have a look at.
Marion Flats is a wonderful site, and there's whitewater on Marion Creek for all you adrenaline people. Life's too short to enjoy all the enjoyable things near Duffy Lake Trail. You'll need more than a day to explore everything Duffy Lake Trail has to offer, you can camp at Tombstone Prairie Campground. There's so much to do here at Duffy Lake Trail that you need to camp here for a while, Detroit Lake State Park is a glorious place for that, and get your pulse rate up on the wonderful whitewater of Santiam River - North.

Location of Trailhead: Latitude 44.4941, Longitude -121.9821
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Total in and out hiking length = 9.2 miles

Total climbing distance = 3.5 miles

Difficulty : Difficult

Casual Hiking Pace: 8 hours

Fast Hiking Pace: 5 hours

Total elevation difference: 1541 feet


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 Trails Near Duffy Lake Trail:
Turpentine Peak Trail, Linn County County , 1 miles away,  14.6 hiking miles, 2018 feet elevation difference
Lava Trail, Linn County County , 1 miles away,  9.8 hiking miles, 1651 feet elevation difference
Maxwell Trail, Linn County County , 2 miles away,  8.4 hiking miles, 2511 feet elevation difference
Pine Ridge Trail, Linn County County , 4 miles away, 7 hiking miles, 1692 feet elevation difference
Blue Lake Trail, Linn County County , 5 miles away,  13.2 hiking miles, 2356 feet elevation difference
Marion Lake Trail, Linn County County , 6 miles away,  5.8 hiking miles, 1041 feet elevation difference
Bingham Ridge Trail, Linn County County , 6 miles away,  6 hiking miles, 1458 feet elevation difference
 Camp Grounds Near Duffy Lake Trail:
Tombstone Prairie Campground, Linn County, 14 miles away
Detroit Lake State Park, -blank-, 20 miles away
 Whitewater Near Duffy Lake Trail:
Marion Creek, Linn County County , 5 miles away, Class IV(V) - 7 miles long (Gooch Falls)
Santiam River - North, Marion/ Linn County County , 14 miles away, Class III-IV - 7.3 miles long (Bruno Mt. Road Bridge to Detroit Reservoir)
Breitenbush River, Marion County County , 16 miles away, Class IV - 8.2 miles long (Cleator Bend Campground to Detroit Lake)
 Hotels Near Duffy Lake Trail:
Detroit Motel, Detroit , 19 miles away
Lodge at Suttle Lake, Sisters , 21 miles away
All Season's Motel, Detroit , 23 miles away
Lakeside Motel, Detroit , 23 miles away
Sleepy Hollow Motel, Blue River , 25 miles away
 Lakes Near Duffy Lake Trail
Widgeon Lake, Linn County , 1 miles away
Fir Lake, Linn County , 1 miles away

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