Oregon hiking trails - Gold Hill Trail, Central Cascade Range, Linn County

   
  You can't spend all your time indoors you need to get out once in a while, and Gold Hill Trail in Linn County, Oregon is such a fine place. Oregon has plenty of delightful wilderness trails; Gold Hill Trail in Linn County is one of them. With so many outdoors endeavors available in Oregon you'll never get bored. Even though this is not a very long backpacking and hiking trail it's always wonderful to bring some emergency supplies, you never know what could happen. Backcountry backpacking here in the Central Cascade Range is a very great way to see these
    hills. Here in the delightful state of Oregon hiking is so much fun. The number of great outdoors hiking trails in this vicinity is not very high. This is a one trailhead great outdoors trail, so you'll be backcountry hiking it in and back out. Gold Hill Trail is situated a relatively
long drive from Albany-Lebanon, but backpacking is such an exciting thing to do, and this is a fine place to do that. Every Oregon wilderness trail has something unique to offer. Please follow all local rules about fires and camping. You spend the whole trek in roughly the same elevation zone, so you won’t have to worry about different climate zones along your trek. You should count on this walk taking about 3.5 hours, but you never know stuff could go wrong and you could get stuck so be prepared for that. Being 4.2 miles long it's a mid length trek.  
This backpacking and hiking trail sometimes gets very dry, so do check for current fire restrictions before you go if you plan to bring a stove or make a camp fire. The high level of rainfall makes Gold Hill Trail a rather wet location; the month with most of the rain is November, and July is the month with the least moisture. Gold Hill Trail has a total elevation difference of 1,073 feet which is about average. At Gold Hill Trail during the warmest time of the year highs are in the 70's. All through the moonlight hours it's usually in the 40's. Daytime highs through the wintertime are in the 40's with winter lows in the 30's overnight here at Gold Hill Trail. Gold Hill Trail is a normal length backpacking trail having an average number of uphill miles which makes it an excellent great outdoors hiking trail for the average person looking for an excellent adventure.

Briefly about the general area:
Whitewater paddling is perfect on Lookout Creek, and some of the water close by flows, like Seventeen Creek.
Camping is available at Lazy Days Mobile Park; hey, East Fork Keeney Creek is a fine local stream. If you go for the outdoors you'll go for it here in the Central Cascade Range. McKenzie River has a good whitewater paddling spot nearby; if you came for an overnight stay Mc Kenzie River Trailer/rv Court is a splendid place to camp.

Location of Trailhead: Latitude 44.2394, Longitude -122.3317
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Total in and out hiking length = 4.2 miles

Total climbing distance = 1.6 miles

Difficulty : Medium

Casual Hiking Pace: 3.5 hours

Fast Hiking Pace: 2.5 hours

Total elevation difference: 1073 feet


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 Camp Grounds Near Gold Hill Trail:
Lazy Days Mobile Park, Blue River, 5 miles away
Mc Kenzie River Trailer/rv Court, Blue River, 5 miles away
Holiday Farm RV Resort, Blue River, 8 miles away
Echo Campground, Lane County, 9 miles away
Patio RV Park, Blue River, 10 miles away
 Whitewater Near Gold Hill Trail:
McKenzie River, Lane County County , 3 miles away, Class II-III - 40.7 miles long (Olallie Campground to Leaburg Dam)
Lookout Creek, -blank- County County , 6 miles away, Class III-IV - 2.5 miles long (2.5 miles above Blue River to Blue River)
Blue River, Linn/ Lane County County , 6 miles away, Class IV-V - 4 miles long (Quentin Creek to Blue River Reservoir)
Canyon Creek, -blank- County County , 8 miles away, Class V - 7 miles long (7 Mile Bridge to South Santiam River)
Quartz Creek, Lane County County , 9 miles away, Class II-IV - 5 miles long (Quartz Creek Road Mile 7.5 Bridge to Mile 2 Bridge)
 National Parks Near Gold Hill Trail:
Crater Lake National Park, Crater Lake - OR , 68 miles away
 Hotels Near Gold Hill Trail:
Best Western Oakridge Inn, Oakridge , 28 miles away
Rodeway Inn Sublimity, Sublimity , 43 miles away
Lodge at Suttle Lake, Sisters , 47 miles away
Village Inn, Springfield , 47 miles away
Oregon Garden Resort, Silverton , 49 miles away

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