Oregon hiking trails - Horse Lake Trail, Central Cascade Range, Lane County

   
  Horse Lake Trail is a backpacking trail pretty far from Bend, but it's one of those locations where backcountry backpacking is glorious. Here in Oregon backpacking is the delightful thing to do. Every single Oregon wilderness hiking trail is different from the others. The time needed for this hike is roughly 6.5 hours, but of course some folks walk a bit slower and some a bit faster. Now this great outdoors hiking trail is pretty long, so don't forget to pack enough supplies. Horse Lake Trail is a normal length backcountry hiking trail with an average
    amount of climbing distance which makes it an outstanding backcountry trail for experienced backcountry hikers in great shape. Oregon has plenty of delightful wilderness hiking trails; one of them being Horse Lake Trail in Lane County. And keep in mind that there could be temporary
safety restrictions in site. Horse Lake Trail is 7.6 miles long it's an average length backcountry hiking trail. Spending too much time indoors got you down? No problem, Horse Lake Trail in Lane County, Oregon is a really glorious location to spend some time. Horse Lake Trail is a one trailhead backpacking and hiking trail, so in and out is the way to backcountry trek it normally. Wilderness hiking trails like this one here in the Central Cascade Range are a very brilliant way to see these summits. For the duration of the warmest time of the year at Horse  
Lake Trail highs are frequently in the 80's. Once the sun is down it dips down to the 40's. The cold days of the winter come with highs in the 30's with temperatures at Horse Lake Trail dipping down into the 20's through winter nights. This is one of many backcountry trails in the surrounding vicinity. This backpacking and hiking trail has a total elevation difference of 427 feet, and that is lower than average. You spend the whole backcountry walk in roughly the same elevation zone, so you get pretty much the same conditions along the whole backcountry hiking trail. Horse Lake Trail is a wet site that gets lots of rain; the month with most of the rain is December; the driest month of the year is July. Oregon is a wonderful place for backcountry walkers. This great outdoors 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.

Briefly about the general area:
This site, the Central Cascade Range, has so much outdoors fun stuff. It's always pleasant to visit Elk Lake Springs; a pleasant journey to Reserve Meadow is a good way to spend an afternoon.
Put some time aside to spend at Blacktail Spring if you're here at Horse Lake Trail, and why not camp at Upper Campground since you're here at Horse Lake Trail. Do set aside some time for Island Meadow if you're here at Horse Lake Trail, and a brilliant site to camp here at Horse Lake Trail is East Lake Resort and RV Parks.

Location of Trailhead: Latitude 43.9838, Longitude -121.8103
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Total in and out hiking length = 7.6 miles

Total climbing distance = 3 miles

Difficulty : Difficult

Casual Hiking Pace: 6.5 hours

Fast Hiking Pace: 4 hours

Total elevation difference: 427 feet


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 Trails Near Horse Lake Trail:
Sunset Lake Trail, Lane County County , 0 miles away,  6.6 hiking miles, 275 feet elevation difference
Island Meadow Trail, Lane County County , 1 miles away,  9 hiking miles, 704 feet elevation difference
Horse Mountain Trail, Lane County County , 1 miles away,  12.2 hiking miles, 1359 feet elevation difference
Senoj Trail, Lane County County , 2 miles away,  10 hiking miles, 1087 feet elevation difference
Lake Way, Lane County County , 3 miles away,  14.8 hiking miles, 1337 feet elevation difference
Park Trail, Lane County County , 3 miles away,  18 hiking miles, 980 feet elevation difference
Mirror Lake Trail, Deschutes County County , 3 miles away,  7 hiking miles, 605 feet elevation difference
 Camp Grounds Near Horse Lake Trail:
East Lake Resort and RV Parks, La Pine, 4 miles away
Upper Campground, Deschutes County, 7 miles away
North Wickiup Campground, Deschutes County, 15 miles away
Twin Lake Resort RV Park, Bend, 19 miles away
Twin Springs Campground, Lane County, 19 miles away
 National Parks Near Horse Lake Trail:
Crater Lake National Park, Crater Lake - OR , 58 miles away
 Hotels Near Horse Lake Trail:
Lodge at Suttle Lake, Sisters , 23 miles away
Best Western Ponderosa Lodge, Sisters , 25 miles away
Five Pine Lodge, Sisters , 26 miles away
Sunriver Resort, Sunriver , 28 miles away
Best Western Newberry Station, La Pine , 28 miles away
 Lakes Near Horse Lake Trail
Denude Lake, Lane County , 2 miles away
Camelot Lake, Deschutes County , 2 miles away

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