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| | If you are in Oregon during backcountry hiking season you have to go backcountry hiking. Put on your backcountry backpacking shoes, and hit the backpacking trail, Juniper Trail in Lane County, Oregon is a splendid pick. Going for a trek here in Oregon never gets boring. Now this hiking trail is pretty long, so do pack enough food to last the whole trip. Backcountry trekking here in the Central Cascade Range is the best way to enjoy these hills. Juniper Trail is many miles long with an average amount of climbing distance which makes this a very tough wilderness |
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hiking trail for advanced backcountry hikers looking for an excellent challenge. Backpacking and hiking trails for backcountry hiking, and backpacking can be found all over Oregon, and Juniper Trail in Lane County is one of them. Juniper Trail is a two ended hiking and backpacking
| | trail with two trailheads, so backpacking it one way is an option if you can arrange for a ride back. Because Juniper Trail is very isolated from civilization, many people like to backcountry hike here to be close to nature. This is just one of a large number of wilderness hiking trails in this vicinity. Summertime brings highs in the 80's to Juniper Trail, and during the night it cools down to the 40's. Through the winter the highs are ordinarily in the 40's, and nighttime lows in the 20's for Juniper Trail. The total elevation difference for this hiking | |
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and backpacking trail is 558 feet which is lower than average. Now, this is roughly a 2-day backcountry walk, so it's a magnificent thing if your backpack is big enough to do the job. 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. There's not much difference in elevation along the trail which means the conditions are about the same from start to finish. Each great outdoors hiking trail in Oregon has its own unique splendor. And keep in mind
that there could be temporary safety restrictions in place. Juniper Trail sees pretty high levels of rain; most of the rain falls all through December while July is the month with the least amount of precipitation. Juniper Trail is 11.8 miles long; it's a long trail.
Briefly
about the general area:
Indigo Springs is a perfect local attraction, and do set aside some time for Wolf Prairie while you're here at Juniper Trail. Man, is there a lot of exciting stuff to do in the Central Cascade Range. Visit Pinto Creek while you're here at Juniper Trail,
and glide down the rapids of Hills Creek in a kayak.
So many fun things to do here in the Central Cascade Range, too glorious to be true. Don't forget to take a wonderful little journey to Bear Creek, and Pioneer Gulch is also a perfect place to look at. If you like the outdoors,
you'll have a thing about Juniper Trail. Oakridge RV Park is a tremendous local campground, and if you come at the right time of year, Salt Creek offers some glorious whitewater.
Oakridge Mobile Home Park is a tremendous campground nearby; Chuckle Springs is always fun to check out.
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Location of Trailhead 1: Latitude 43.5764, Longitude -122.1931
- - Directions and Road Map
Location of Trailhead 2: Latitude 43.5616, Longitude -122.2909
- - Directions and Road Map
Trailhead 1 to Trailhead 2:
Total hiking length = 5.9 miles
Total climbing distance = 3 miles
Difficulty : Medium
Casual Hiking Pace:
5.5 hours
Fast Hiking Pace:
3 hours
Trailhead 2 to Trailhead 1:
Total hiking length = 5.9 miles
Total climbing distance = 2.6 miles
Difficulty : Medium
Casual Hiking Pace:
5.5 hours
Fast Hiking Pace:
3 hours
| | Trailhead 1 back to Trailhead 1:
Total hiking length = 11.8 miles
Total climbing distance = 5.6 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace:
2 days
Fast Hiking Pace:
7 hours
Trailhead 2 back to Trailhead 2:
Total hiking length = 11.8 miles
Total climbing distance = 5.6 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace:
2 days
Fast Hiking Pace:
7 hours
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Total elevation difference: 558 feet
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| | Trails Near Juniper Trail:
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Swift Creek Trail, Lane County
County
, 1 miles away, 5.8 hiking miles, 2139 feet elevation difference |
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Hills Creek Trail, Lane County
County
, 2 miles away, 2.5 hiking miles, 1224 feet elevation difference |
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Bear Mountain Trail, Lane County
County
, 2 miles away, 2.8 hiking miles, 2998 feet elevation difference |
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Diamond Peak Trail, Lane County
County
, 3 miles away, 5.2 hiking miles, 1462 feet elevation difference |
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Pinto Mountain Way, Lane County
County
, 4 miles away, 3.9 hiking miles, 829 feet elevation difference |
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Wolf Mountain Trail, Lane County
County
, 4 miles away, 7.8 hiking miles, 2543 feet elevation difference |
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Happy Prairie Way, Douglas County
County
, 5 miles away, 2.9 hiking miles, 2706 feet elevation difference |
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| | Whitewater Near Juniper Trail:
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Hills Creek, Lane County
County
, 8 miles away, Class IV - 6 miles long (6 mi above Reservoir) |
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Salt Creek, Lane County
County
, 11 miles away, Class III-IV - 7.2 miles long (McCredie Hot Springs to Rigdon Road Bridge) |
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Salmon Creek, Lane County
County
, 14 miles away, Class II-V - 12 miles long (Top of Upper Salmon Creek Gorge to Oakridge) |
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Willamette River - North Fork of Middle Fork, Lane County
County
, 17 miles away, Class IV-V - 13.5 miles long (to Westfir) |
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Christy Creek, Lane County
County
, 18 miles away, Class III-V(V+) - 9 miles long (to Confluence with Willamette) |
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