Oregon hiking trails - Lake Mountain Trail, Klamath Mountains, Josephine County

   
  There are so many perfect great outdoors trails for backpacking in Oregon, and Lake Mountain Trail in Josephine County is one of them. Every Oregon great outdoors trail has its own unique loveliness. Going for a walk here in Oregon is the perfect thing to do. It's a long tour from Grants Pass to Lake Mountain Trail, but it is one of many good wilderness trails in this neighborhood. Don’t forget to check for any current restrictions or closures before you go. Backpacking trails like this one here in the Klamath Mountains are the best way to enjoy these
    summits. For the period of the long summer days at Lake Mountain Trail highs are usually in the 80's. When the night sets in temperatures descend down into the 40's. High temperatures all through the wintertime are normally in the 40's; night lows at Lake Mountain Trail all through
the wintertime regularly descend into the 30's. Time to get out, and breathe some fresh air, and if you happen to be in Josephine County of Oregon, Lake Mountain Trail is a great local wilderness trail for doing a bit of leg stretching. Now, this is roughly a 1.5-day trek, so it's a good thing if your backpack is big enough to do the job. All the water falling down from the sky makes Lake Mountain Trail a wet spot; the month with most of the rain is December; the driest month is July. Lake Mountain Trail is a hiking trail of brilliant length having an average  
number of uphill miles which makes this great outdoors hiking trail nice for hard core backpackers looking for adventure. Lake Mountain Trail has two trailheads, so backcountry backpacking it one way is an option if you can arrange for a ride back. This hiking trail has a total elevation difference of 1,760 feet which is an average number. This is a vicinity covered with lots of great outdoors hiking trails. Sometimes this backcountry hiking trail gets really dry, so do check for current fire restrictions before you go if you plan to bring a stove or make a camp fire. Lake Mountain Trail is 10.6 miles long; it's a long wilderness hiking trail. Lake Mountain Trail is quite long, so don't forget to pack enough supplies. Oregon is a good place for outdoors folks. Some parts of Lake Mountain Trail are much higher up than other parts of the wilderness hiking trail, and that means that some parts of the wilderness hiking trail could be very different from other parts of it.

Briefly about the general area:
You'll truly wish for more hours in a day to enjoy all the cool stuff in the Klamath Mountains. A short tour to Willow Spring is always worthwhile. You'll need more than a day to discover everything Lake Mountain Trail has to offer, you can camp at Country Hills Resort. Any time is a great time at Lake Mountain Trail if you go for the outdoors. A great site close to Lake Mountain Trail is Low Divide; as expected Panther Creek is a picturesque stream that is worth taking a look at.
Paddling on Elk Creek is so much fun; you'll meet a lot of folks from Grants Pass here. If you love the outdoors you'll love it here in the Klamath Mountains. A trip to Oregon Caves National Monument is worthwhile, and a tour to Lake Mountain Trail wouldn't be complete without taking a look at Horse Spring. Places like Elkhorn Prairie are great to stop at, and why not visit nearby No Name Creek since you're here at Lake Mountain Trail.
There's so much to do here at Lake Mountain Trail that you need to camp here for a while, West Branch Campground is a splendid place for that, and Indian Creek Klamath Tributary has a tremendous whitewater paddling spot nearby.

Location of Trailhead 1: Latitude 42.0872, Longitude -123.4138
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Location of Trailhead 2: Latitude 42.1124, Longitude -123.3855
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Trailhead 1 to Trailhead 2:
Total hiking length = 5.3 miles
Total climbing distance = 2.3 miles
Difficulty : Medium
Casual Hiking Pace: 4.5 hours
Fast Hiking Pace: 2.5 hours

Trailhead 2 to Trailhead 1:
Total hiking length = 5.3 miles
Total climbing distance = 2.2 miles
Difficulty : Medium
Casual Hiking Pace: 4.5 hours
Fast Hiking Pace: 2.5 hours
    Trailhead 1 back to Trailhead 1:
Total hiking length = 10.6 miles
Total climbing distance = 4.5 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace: 1.5 days
Fast Hiking Pace: 6 hours

Trailhead 2 back to Trailhead 2:
Total hiking length = 10.6 miles
Total climbing distance = 4.5 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace: 1.5 days
Fast Hiking Pace: 6 hours

Total elevation difference: 1760 feet


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 Trails Near Lake Mountain Trail:
Oregon Caves Trail, Josephine County County , 1 miles away, 5.7 hiking miles, 1673 feet elevation difference
Limestone Trail, Josephine County County , 2 miles away, 4.4 hiking miles, 2926 feet elevation difference
East Fork Sucker Creek Trail, Josephine County County , 2 miles away, 6.4 hiking miles, 3375 feet elevation difference
Boundary Trail, Josephine County County , 4 miles away, 8.6 hiking miles, 1741 feet elevation difference
Green Valley Trail, Josephine County County , 4 miles away,  1.4 hiking miles, 810 feet elevation difference
Sucker Creek Trail, Josephine County County , 4 miles away,  8.2 hiking miles, 1978 feet elevation difference
Grayback Clapboard Trail, Josephine County County , 4 miles away, 8.4 hiking miles, 2882 feet elevation difference
 Camp Grounds Near Lake Mountain Trail:
Country Hills Resort, Cave Junction, 9 miles away
West Branch Campground, Siskiyou County, 10 miles away
Klamath RV Park, Happy Camp, 15 miles away
Lake Selmac RV Resort, Selma, 15 miles away
Fort Goff Campground, Siskiyou County, 15 miles away
 Whitewater Near Lake Mountain Trail:
Indian Creek Klamath Tributary, Siskiyou County County , 14 miles away, Class III - 7.6 miles long (confluence South and East Fork to Klamath River)
Elk Creek, Siskiyou County County , 18 miles away, Class I-IV - 5 miles long (Elk Creek Road to Klamath River)
Klamath River, Siskiyou County County , 20 miles away, Class III - 36 miles long (Sarah Totten Campground to Happy Camp)
Klamath River, Siskiyou County County , 21 miles away, Class III+(IV) - 18 miles long (Happy Camp to Coon Creek)
Trace Creek, Siskiyou County County , 21 miles away, Class IV-V - 7 miles long (Bear Pen Creek to Klamath River)
 National Parks Near Lake Mountain Trail:
Oregon Caves National Monument, Cave Junction - OR , 16 miles away
Redwood National and State Parks, Crescent City - CA , 56 miles away
 Hotels Near Lake Mountain Trail:
Riverside Inn, Grants Pass , 18 miles away
Holiday Inn Express GRANTS PASS, Grants Pass , 18 miles away
Best Western Grants Pass Inn, Grants Pass , 19 miles away
Sweet Breeze Inn, Grants Pass , 19 miles away
Comfort Inn Grants Pass, Grants Pass , 19 miles away
 Lakes Near Lake Mountain Trail
Fish Lake, Josephine County , 4 miles away

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