Oregon hiking trails - Meadow Fork Trail, Blue Mountains, Grant County

   
  Backcountry hiking in Oregon is the nice thing to do. A visit to Oregon is not complete without some backpacking. Meadow Fork Trail is in a rather deserted neighborhood, and it is a really good hiking trail. This trek shouldn't take more than 7.5 hours, but you never know stuff could go wrong and you could get stuck so be prepared for that. Meadow Fork Trail is a normal length trail with an average amount of climbing distance which makes this wilderness hiking trail great for hard core backpackers looking for adventure. Please follow all local rules about
    fires and camping. This is a one trailhead hiking and backpacking trail, so you're looking at an in and out hike. This is one of many wilderness hiking trails in the surrounding neighborhood. Hiking and backpacking trails like this one here in the Blue Mountains are a great way
to explore these highlands. This backpacking trail sometimes gets very dry, so don’t forget to check for any current fire restrictions before you go. With its 8.6 miles of walking distance it's an average length backcountry hiking trail. Meadow Fork Trail is a location that is rather dry usually; during the month of May you get the most rain around here while July is the month with the least amount of precipitation. Meadow Fork Trail goes through some very different elevations, and that means that some parts of the backcountry hiking trail could be very  
different from other parts of it. Every Oregon great outdoors trail is worth backcountry trekking. Spending too much time indoors got you down? No problem, Meadow Fork Trail in Grant County, Oregon is a fine spot to go. Throughout the warmest time of the year here at Meadow Fork Trail, high temperatures mostly reach the 80's. Once the sun is down it sinks down to the 40's. Highs during the wintertime are mostly in the 40's; overnight lows at Meadow Fork Trail during the wintertime mostly sink into the 20's. The total elevation difference for Meadow Fork Trail is 2,337 feet which is about average. Now this backpacking trail is pretty long, so make sure you bring plenty of supplies. Good great outdoors trails in Oregon are in abundance, and one of those is Meadow Fork Trail in Grant County.

Briefly about the general area:
Places like Little Riner Basin are nice to go to, and Goose Spring is always fun to check out. There's no way anybody can get bored here in the Blue Mountains. If you came to camp Indian Springs Campground is a perfect place to do that, and why not a little side spree to Meadow Fork Big Creek.
This river is always fun. Big Riner Basin is a fine site to check out; do put some time aside to spend at Slide Falls while you're here at Meadow Fork Trail. So much entertaining stuff to do here at Meadow Fork Trail, too good to be true. Meadow Fork Trail is great enough to spend more than a day at, Wickiup Campground is a great local campground, and hey, Snowshoe Creek is a brilliant local stream.

Location of Trailhead: Latitude 44.2388, Longitude -118.6312
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Total in and out hiking length = 8.6 miles

Total climbing distance = 3.7 miles

Difficulty : Difficult

Casual Hiking Pace: 7.5 hours

Fast Hiking Pace: 5 hours

Total elevation difference: 2337 feet


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 Trails Near Meadow Fork Trail:
Skyline Trail, Grant County County , 1 miles away, 14.8 hiking miles, 2722 feet elevation difference
Lake Creek Trail, Grant County County , 3 miles away, 3.9 hiking miles, 1998 feet elevation difference
Slide Basin Trail, Grant County County , 3 miles away,  7.6 hiking miles, 1575 feet elevation difference
Snowshoe Creek Trail, Grant County County , 3 miles away,  7 hiking miles, 1825 feet elevation difference
Grouse Spring Trail, Grant County County , 5 miles away,  11.2 hiking miles, 2535 feet elevation difference
Strawberry Basin Trail, Grant County County , 5 miles away,  12.6 hiking miles, 2804 feet elevation difference
Onion Creek Trail, Grant County County , 6 miles away, 7 hiking miles, 1861 feet elevation difference
 Camp Grounds Near Meadow Fork Trail:
Indian Springs Campground, Grant County, 4 miles away
Wickiup Campground, Grant County, 9 miles away
Fopian Campground, Baker County, 17 miles away
Looney Spring Campground, Grant County, 17 miles away
Deerhorn Campground, Grant County, 18 miles away
 National Parks Near Meadow Fork Trail:
John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Kimberly - OR , 68 miles away
 Hotels Near Meadow Fork Trail:
Sag's Motel, Prairie City , 10 miles away
Little Pine Inn, John Day , 22 miles away
Traveler's Motel, John Day , 23 miles away
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 Lakes Near Meadow Fork Trail
Mud Lake, Grant County , 2 miles away
Little Mud Lake, Grant County , 2 miles away

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