Oregon hiking trails - Lava Trail, Central Cascade Range, Linn County

   
  This part of Oregon is always a delight to pop by during hiking season. Hiking and backpacking trails are magnificent and plentiful in Oregon, and Lava Trail in Linn County is one of them. Every single Oregon wilderness hiking trail has its own unique attractiveness. Lava Trail is a quite wet place generally with lots of rain; of all the months in a year December is the one with the most rain while July is ordinarily the driest month. Now this hiking trail is pretty long, so make sure you bring plenty of supplies. Rather far from Bend you come across
    Lava Trail, but great outdoors hiking trails like these are good. Lava Trail has a total elevation difference of 1,651 feet which is about average. This is a vicinity covered with lots of hiking trails. This 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. Lava Trail is 9.8 miles long; it's a long backpacking trail. The time needed for this backcountry walk is roughly 9 hours, but you never know stuff could go wrong and you could get stuck so be prepared for that. We all need to get out in the fresh air once in a while, and Lava Trail in Linn County, Oregon is such a wonderful place. Some parts of this backpacking trail are much higher up than other parts of the backpacking trail, and that means that some parts of the backpacking trail could  
be very different from other parts of it. Please follow all local rules about fires and camping. Great outdoors trails like this one here in the Central Cascade Range are a wonderful way to explore these summits. This hiking trail is a very long hiking trail with an average amount of climbing distance which makes this hiking trail splendid for hard core backpackers looking for adventure. Here in the magnificent state of Oregon backcountry backpacking is a splendid idea. Lava Trail is a one trailhead hiking and backpacking trail, so you'll be backcountry hiking it in and back out. At Lava Trail during the warm days of summer highs are in the 70's, and during the night it cools down to the 50's. The wintertime comes with highs in the 40's; nighttime lows during the wintertime for Lava Trail tend to be in the 30's.

Briefly about the general area:
Marion Creek has a wonderful whitewater paddling spot close by, and some nearby water includes Green Creek. A pleasant site like Duffy Prairie here at Lava Trail is too nice to miss, and Big Spring is an inspiring spot to stop by during your stay.
You'll wish for more hours in a day to enjoy all the amusing stuff at Lava Trail. Whitewater paddling is wonderful on Santiam River - North. You must undeniably dedicate some time to Marion Flats if you're here at Lava Trail; camping at Country Star Recreational Vehicle Park is always a brilliant experience. Man, is there a load of fun stuff to do in the Central Cascade Range. Lava Trail is good enough to spend more than a day at, Tombstone Prairie Campground is a good local campground, and Swede Creek is in the vicinity of Lava Trail and is always a bliss to pop by.

Location of Trailhead: Latitude 44.4637, Longitude -121.9694
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Total in and out hiking length = 9.8 miles

Total climbing distance = 4.3 miles

Difficulty : Difficult

Casual Hiking Pace: 9 hours

Fast Hiking Pace: 5.5 hours

Total elevation difference: 1651 feet


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 Trails Near Lava Trail:
Maxwell Trail, Linn County County , 1 miles away,  8.4 hiking miles, 2511 feet elevation difference
Duffy Lake Trail, Linn County County , 1 miles away,  9.2 hiking miles, 1541 feet elevation difference
Turpentine Peak Trail, Linn County County , 2 miles away,  14.6 hiking miles, 2018 feet elevation difference
Pine Ridge Trail, Linn County County , 5 miles away, 7 hiking miles, 1692 feet elevation difference
Blue Lake Trail, Linn County County , 5 miles away,  13.2 hiking miles, 2356 feet elevation difference
Pocket Way, Linn County County , 6 miles away,  3.2 hiking miles, 166 feet elevation difference
Thirsty Camp Trail, Linn County County , 6 miles away,  2.6 hiking miles, 136 feet elevation difference
 Camp Grounds Near Lava Trail:
Tombstone Prairie Campground, Linn County, 14 miles away
Country Star Recreational Vehicle Park, Foster, 16 miles away
 Whitewater Near Lava Trail:
Marion Creek, Linn County County , 6 miles away, Class IV(V) - 7 miles long (Gooch Falls)
Santiam River - North, Marion/ Linn County County , 15 miles away, Class III-IV - 7.3 miles long (Bruno Mt. Road Bridge to Detroit Reservoir)
Breitenbush River, Marion County County , 17 miles away, Class IV - 8.2 miles long (Cleator Bend Campground to Detroit Lake)
 Hotels Near Lava Trail:
Lodge at Suttle Lake, Sisters , 20 miles away
Best Western Ponderosa Lodge, Sisters , 27 miles away
Five Pine Lodge, Sisters , 29 miles away
Mount Hood Inn, Government Camp , 42 miles away
Whispering Woods (Vri), Welches , 42 miles away
 Lakes Near Lava Trail
Twin Lakes, Linn County , 1 miles away
Little Duffy Lake, Linn County , 3 miles away

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