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| | Trekking in Oregon is the perfect thing to do. Hiking trails for backcountry hiking, and backpacking can be found all over Oregon; Jefferson Park Trail in Marion County is one of them. Oregon is an outstanding site for backcountry walkers. Jefferson Park Trail is a long tour away from Hood River, but what a splendid place for backcountry backpacking it is. You can't spend all your time indoors you need to get out once in a while, and Jefferson Park Trail in Marion County, Oregon is a splendid place for getting out. With its 17.6 miles of walking distance; |
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it's longer than many wilderness trails. This hiking trail has a total elevation difference of 3,680 feet which is a higher than average number. Hiking here in the Central Cascade Range is an outstanding way to explore these hills. There are so many great outdoors hiking trails
| | in this area. Now, this is roughly a 2.5-day trek, so it's a great thing if your backpack is big enough to do the job. Please follow all local rules about fires and camping. This great outdoors trail sometimes gets very dry, so make sure you check current conditions and fire restrictions with local forest authorities before you head out. There is only one trailhead, so you'll be backpacking it in and back out. Jefferson Park Trail is a wilderness hiking trail of tremendous length having an average number of uphill miles which makes this great outdoors hiking trail | |
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tremendous for hard core backpackers looking for adventure. There are numerous hiking and backpacking trails in Oregon, and each one is wonderful in its own way. The high level of precipitation makes Jefferson Park Trail a quite wet location; the wettest month of the year is commonly
December, that's the one that rains the most while July is commonly the driest month. Jefferson Park Trail is quite long, so don't forget to pack enough supplies. All through the months of summer at Jefferson Park Trail highs are mostly in the 70's with nighttime lows in the 50's.
Highs throughout the winter are commonly in the 40's while the cold winter nights at Jefferson Park Trail are in the 30's. This wilderness trail goes through some very different elevations which of course means you need to be prepared for different conditions on different parts
of the wilderness trail.
Briefly about the general area:
You'll truly wish for more hours in a day to enjoy all the fun things in the Central Cascade Range. The beauty of mother nature reveals herself at Gatch Falls. You'll need more than a day to look at everything
Jefferson Park Trail has to offer, you can camp at Trout Lake Campground. If you go for the outdoors you'll go for it here in the Central Cascade Range. Get drenched paddling on Marion Creek.
Places like Wild Cheat Meadow are good to stop at; Crag Creek is close to Jefferson
Park Trail and is always a delight to take a look at. You just can't picture the amount of outdoors exciting stuff the area close to Jefferson Park Trail has to offer. Flapper Springs is an inspiring location to visit while here, and get yourself into a kayak and hit Breitenbush
River. There's some flowing water close by, Jeff Creek is a stream you can stop at while here. There's so much to do here at Jefferson Park Trail that you need to camp here for a while, Lemiti Campground is a nice place for that.
Grizzly Flat is a fine place to check out, and Jefferson Park is a wonderful spot to stop by.
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Location of Trailhead: Latitude 44.7022, Longitude -121.924
- - Directions and Road Map
Total in and out hiking length = 17.6 miles
Total climbing distance = 7.2 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace:
2.5 days
Fast Hiking Pace:
1.5 days
Total elevation difference: 3680 feet
Lodge at Suttle Lake, Sisters
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22 miles away
We are not your typical hotel. Nestled in the heart of the Deschutes National Forest amid soaring pines. Suttle Lake Resort provides an enchanted escape. Our resorts mountain views and pristine lake w...
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Best Western Ponderosa Lodge, Sisters
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29 miles away
Offers a refreshing environment with renovated rooms, new deluxe suites and smoke-free accommodations. The perfect choice while traveling the 'Gateway to the Cascades', ideally located on 14 acres sur...
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Outdoors Recreation Near Hood River, Oregon
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More Hotels and Campgrounds Near Jefferson Park Trail, Central Cascade Range, Marion County, Oregon
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| These outdoors activities are available near Jefferson Park Trail. |
| | Trails Near Jefferson Park Trail:
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South Breitenbush Trail, Marion County
County
, 2 miles away, 11 hiking miles, 2991 feet elevation difference |
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Woodpecker Trail, Linn County
County
, 2 miles away, 6.8 hiking miles, 1135 feet elevation difference |
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Pamelia Lake Trail, Linn County
County
, 3 miles away, 5.4 hiking miles, 952 feet elevation difference |
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Roaring Creek Trail, Marion County
County
, 3 miles away, 2.4 hiking miles, 357 feet elevation difference |
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Cub Creek Trail, Marion County
County
, 5 miles away, 5.1 hiking miles, 1750 feet elevation difference |
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Devils Peak Trail, Marion County
County
, 6 miles away, 3.7 hiking miles, 2409 feet elevation difference |
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Bingham Ridge Trail, Linn County
County
, 6 miles away, 6 hiking miles, 1458 feet elevation difference |
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| | Whitewater Near Jefferson Park Trail:
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Marion Creek, Linn County
County
, 7 miles away, Class IV(V) - 7 miles long (Gooch Falls) |
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Breitenbush River, Marion County
County
, 15 miles away, Class IV - 8.2 miles long (Cleator Bend Campground to Detroit Lake) |
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Santiam River - North, Marion/ Linn County
County
, 15 miles away, Class III-IV - 7.3 miles long (Bruno Mt. Road Bridge to Detroit Reservoir) |
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Collawash River, Marion County
County
, 15 miles away, Class III-IV(V) - 5 miles long (Elk Lake Creek to river mile 5.5) |
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Clackamas River, Clackamas County
County
, 18 miles away, Class III-IV - 8 miles long (June Creek Br. to Collawash River) |
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| | Hotels Near Jefferson Park Trail:
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Lodge at Suttle Lake, Sisters
, 22 miles away |
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Best Western Ponderosa Lodge, Sisters
, 29 miles away |
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Mount Hood Inn, Government Camp
, 30 miles away |
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Five Pine Lodge, Sisters
, 31 miles away |
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Whispering Woods (Vri), Welches
, 32 miles away |
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31 miles away
