Oregon hiking trails - Mount Wilson Trail, Central Cascade Range, Clackamas County

   
  There are backpacking and hiking trails all over Oregon, and Mount Wilson Trail in Clackamas County is one of them. Outdoors folks generally like this part of Oregon. Relatively far from Hood River you find Mount Wilson Trail, but it is a fine great outdoors trail. Trekking here in Oregon is always an enjoyable thing to do. This is not a very long hiking trail but it's always brilliant to bring some emergency supplies, you never know what could happen. Mount Wilson Trail has a total elevation difference of 1,068 feet, and that is about average. This backcountry
    hike shouldn't take more than 2 hours, but of course some folks walk a bit slower and some a bit faster. Mount Wilson Trail has only one trailhead, so in and out is the way to backcountry hike it normally. And keep in mind that there could be temporary safety restrictions in place.
This is one of a very small number of wilderness hiking trails in this area. Being 2.4 miles long it's a shorter type backcountry walk. High temperatures at Mount Wilson Trail through the long summer days are in the 60's. During the dark hours of summer temperatures plunge down into the 40's. During the wintertime the highs are frequently in the 30's, and through the dark hours in the wintertime at Mount Wilson Trail temperatures plunge to the 20's. The wilderness trail stays roughly within the same elevation zone the whole time which means the conditions  
are about the same from start to finish. Each one of the many backpacking and hiking trails of Oregon is worth hiking. When was the last time you got out in the wilderness a bit? Mount Wilson Trail in Clackamas County, Oregon is a fine spot for getting out. This great outdoors hiking trail is a very short great outdoors hiking trail with an average amount of climbing distance which makes this wilderness hiking trail tremendous for the average backcountry walker looking for a cool adventure. The high level of rain makes Mount Wilson Trail a rather wet site; the month of December is the wettest with most of the snow, and July meanwhile is the driest month. The picturesque great outdoors hiking trails of the Central Cascade Range are a very great way to see these highlands.

Briefly about the general area:
Whohoo, so many enjoyable things in one place! The Central Cascade Range rocks!. Why not camp at Lower Twin Campground while you're here at Mount Wilson Trail, and camping at Mount Wilson Trail is great fun, Salmon River Campground is a great local campground.

Location of Trailhead: Latitude 45.0673, Longitude -121.6726
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Total in and out hiking length = 2.4 miles

Total climbing distance = 1 miles

Difficulty : Medium

Casual Hiking Pace: 2 hours

Fast Hiking Pace: 1.5 hours

Total elevation difference: 1068 feet


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Driveway Trail, Clackamas County County , 2 miles away, 2.8 hiking miles, 681 feet elevation difference
Wilson Cove Trail, Wasco County County , 2 miles away, 4.5 hiking miles, 769 feet elevation difference
 Camp Grounds Near Mount Wilson Trail:
Lower Twin Campground, Wasco County, 8 miles away
Salmon River Campground, Clackamas County, 11 miles away
White River Park Campground, Hood River County, 11 miles away
Lemiti Campground, Clackamas County, 12 miles away
Nanitch Campground, Clackamas County, 13 miles away
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Mount Hood Inn, Government Camp , 13 miles away
Whispering Woods Resort, Welches , 24 miles away
Whispering Woods (Vri), Welches , 24 miles away
Resort at the Mountain, Welches , 25 miles away
Columbia Gorge Hotel, Hood River , 32 miles away

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