Oregon hiking trails - Paradise Park Trail, Central Cascade Range, Clackamas County

   
  Ok, you've been cooped up too long, time to get out in the outdoors a bit, and Paradise Park Trail in Clackamas County, Oregon is the outdoors at its best. Hiking and backpacking trails for backpacking, and backpacking can be found all over Oregon, and Paradise Park Trail is one of them, and it's in Clackamas County. Every Oregon great outdoors trail is scenic in its own way. This neighborhood does get very dry sometimes, so don’t forget to check for any current fire restrictions before you go. The hiking and backpacking trails of the Central Cascade Range
    are a magnificent way to explore these mountaintops. Paradise Park Trail gets much water; of all the months in a year December is the one with the most rain, and the driest of the months is July. Now, this is roughly a 1.5-day trek, so better have big backpack to fit all the stuff
you need. You'll have got to go far from Hood River to get to Paradise Park Trail, but backcountry hiking along this hiking trail is very cool. This wilderness trail has only one trailhead, so you'll be backpacking it in and back out. For the duration of the summer at Paradise Park Trail temperatures are ordinarily in the 70's. Summer overnight lows fall down to the 50's. Highs through the wintertime are generally in the 40's, and overnight lows through the wintertime for Paradise Park Trail tend to be in the 30's. Paradise Park Trail has a total elevation  
difference of 3,481 feet which is higher than average. Please follow all local rules about fires and camping. This hiking and backpacking trail is a very long hiking and backpacking trail with an average amount of climbing distance which makes it a nice wilderness trail for experienced backcountry hikers in magnificent shape. Being 11.2 miles long; it's longer than many hiking trails. Here in Oregon backpacking is so much fun. Different parts of this hiking trail are at very different elevations, and that means that some parts of the hiking trail could be very different from other parts of it. There are so many wilderness trails in this vicinity. Oregon is a magnificent outdoors state. Paradise Park Trail is quite long, so do pack enough food to last the whole trip.

Briefly about the general area:
If you like the outdoors you'll like it here in the Central Cascade Range. Yocum Falls is always fun to check out, and a pleasant journey to Wind Creek Basin is a splendid way to spend an afternoon. A great forest close to Paradise Park Trail is Mount Hood National Forest; in case you don’t mind getting wet, you can always go whitewater paddling on Sandy River.
A perfect spot in close proximity to Paradise Park Trail is Little Zigzag Canyon; Ramona Falls is a gorgeous site to pop by while you're at Paradise Park Trail. This spot, the Central Cascade Range, has so much outdoors amusing stuff. If you're here at Paradise Park Trail, you could stop by Rushing Water Creek, and why not camp at Barlow Campground if you're here at Paradise Park Trail. At Paradise Park Trail you always meet someone from Hood River.
This spot is great, just explore all the amusing stuff to do near Paradise Park Trail. Whitewater paddling is pleasant on Zigzag River; camping at Paradise Park Trail is fine fun, Twin Bridges Campground is a fine local campground. Summit Meadows is a scenic site any time of year, and a quick spree to Swim Creek is unquestionably a brilliant idea.

Location of Trailhead: Latitude 45.3133, Longitude -121.8162
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Total in and out hiking length = 11.2 miles

Total climbing distance = 4.5 miles

Difficulty : Difficult

Casual Hiking Pace: 1.5 days

Fast Hiking Pace: 6.5 hours

Total elevation difference: 3481 feet


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 Trails Near Paradise Park Trail:
East Zigzag Mountain Trail, Clackamas County County , 1 miles away,  8.6 hiking miles, 1181 feet elevation difference
Hidden Lake Trail, Clackamas County County , 1 miles away,  8.2 hiking miles, 3014 feet elevation difference
Mirror Lake Trail, Clackamas County County , 2 miles away,  1.6 hiking miles, 676 feet elevation difference
Portage Trail, Clackamas County County , 2 miles away,  11 hiking miles, 3422 feet elevation difference
Pioneer Bridle Trail, Clackamas County County , 2 miles away, 4.2 hiking miles, 1256 feet elevation difference
Wind Creek Trail, Clackamas County County , 2 miles away,  4.8 hiking miles, 1702 feet elevation difference
Tom Dick Trail, Clackamas County County , 2 miles away,  5 hiking miles, 1309 feet elevation difference
 Camp Grounds Near Paradise Park Trail:
Barlow Campground, Clackamas County, 2 miles away
Twin Bridges Campground, Clackamas County, 2 miles away
Devils Meadow Campground, Clackamas County, 4 miles away
Nanitch Campground, Clackamas County, 4 miles away
Salmon River Campground, Clackamas County, 5 miles away
 Whitewater Near Paradise Park Trail:
Sandy River, Clackamas County County , 9 miles away, Class IV - 4.5 miles long (McNeil Campground to Lolo Pass Road)
Zigzag River, Clackamas County County , 10 miles away, Class III-IV - 3.2 miles long (Tollgate to Sandy River)
Hood River - Lake Branch, Hood River County County , 11 miles away, Class IV-V - 3 miles long (3 miles above West Fork to Confluence with West Fork)
Hood River - West Fork, Hood River County County , 14 miles away, Class IV-V - 6.5 miles long (White Bridge Park to East Fork Hood River)
White River, Wasco County County , 17 miles away, Class III-IV - 6 miles long (Barlow Crossing to Keeps Mill)
 National Parks Near Paradise Park Trail:
Mount Rainier National Park, Ashford - WA , 70 miles away
 Hotels Near Paradise Park Trail:
Mount Hood Inn, Government Camp , 2 miles away
Whispering Woods Resort, Welches , 12 miles away
Whispering Woods (Vri), Welches , 13 miles away
Resort at the Mountain, Welches , 13 miles away
Best Western Columbia River Inn, Cascade Locks , 18 miles away
 Lakes Near Paradise Park Trail
Hidden Lake, Clackamas County , 1 miles away
Enid Lake, Clackamas County , 1 miles away

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