Oregon hiking trails - Pelican Butte Trail, Southern Cascade Range, Klamath County

   
  With so many outdoors pursuits available in Oregon you'll never get bored. Each wilderness trail in Oregon has its own character. Pelican Butte Trail is positioned a quite long drive from Klamath Falls, but backcountry trails like these are tremendous. There are many perfect wilderness trails in Oregon, and one of those is Pelican Butte Trail in Klamath County. Pelican Butte Trail is quite long, so do pack enough food to last the whole trip. Pelican Butte Trail has a total elevation difference of 3,325 feet which is higher than average. This trail sometimes gets
    very dry, so make sure you check current conditions and fire restrictions with local forest authorities before you head out. Pelican Butte Trail is a two ended hiking trail with two trailheads which means you have the option of backcountry backpacking it one way if you have someone
to pick you up at the other end. These wilderness trails here in the Southern Cascade Range are a really great way to spend quality time in the wilderness. Pelican Butte Trail is a wilderness trail of great length with an average amount of climbing distance which makes this backpacking trail magnificent for hard core backpackers looking for adventure. Backpacking in Oregon is a perfect idea. Being 20.8 miles long; it's considered a longer hike. This trek should take you about 3 days, so better have big backpack to fit all the stuff you need. Pelican Butte Trail  
ordinarily gets a good deal of precipitation; most of the snow falls throughout December, and the driest of the months is July. All through the warm months at Pelican Butte Trail highs are regularly in the 60's. Once the sun is down it plunges down to the 40's. For the duration of the wintertime the highs are ordinarily in the 30's while Pelican Butte Trail nighttime low temperatures through the wintertime are in the 10's. Don’t forget to check for any current restrictions or closures before you go. This is an area covered with lots of backpacking trails. Spending too much time indoors got you down? No problem, Pelican Butte Trail in Klamath County, Oregon is the outdoors at its best. Pelican Butte Trail goes through some very different elevations which of course means you need to be prepared for different conditions on different parts of the trail.

Briefly about the general area:
Now, you may assume that's a load but there's even more entertaining stuff to do here at Pelican Butte Trail. Cold Spring is a delightful location to take a look at while you're at Pelican Butte Trail, and everyone loves Fourmile Flat Quarry. Life's too short to enjoy all the fun stuff in the Southern Cascade Range.
A short trip to Harriman Spring is always worthwhile, and camping is available at White Pine Campground. All year is a perfect time in the Southern Cascade Range if you fancy the outdoors. Camping at Rocky Point Resort is always a wonderful experience; obviously, all our national parks are great spots to go to and Crater Lake National Park is no exception. Seven Lakes Basin is right here at Pelican Butte Trail, and getting to Penn Creek from Pelican Butte Trail is trouble-free.
Point Comfort is quite near Pelican Butte Trail, and why not take a little spree to Seldom Creek while you're here.

Location of Trailhead 1: Latitude 42.4565, Longitude -122.1221
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Location of Trailhead 2: Latitude 42.5449, Longitude -122.18
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Trailhead 1 to Trailhead 2:
Total hiking length = 10.4 miles
Total climbing distance = 6 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace: 1.5 days
Fast Hiking Pace: 5.5 hours

Trailhead 2 to Trailhead 1:
Total hiking length = 10.4 miles
Total climbing distance = 3.3 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace: 8.5 hours
Fast Hiking Pace: 4.5 hours
    Trailhead 1 back to Trailhead 1:
Total hiking length = 20.8 miles
Total climbing distance = 9.3 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace: 3 days
Fast Hiking Pace: 2 days

Trailhead 2 back to Trailhead 2:
Total hiking length = 20.8 miles
Total climbing distance = 9.3 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace: 3 days
Fast Hiking Pace: 2 days

Total elevation difference: 3325 feet


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 Trails Near Pelican Butte Trail:
Rocky Point Trail, Klamath County County , 2 miles away,  3.2 hiking miles, 2163 feet elevation difference
Cold Spring Trail, Klamath County County , 4 miles away, 6.5 hiking miles, 937 feet elevation difference
Lost Peak Trail, Klamath County County , 5 miles away,  6.8 hiking miles, 1319 feet elevation difference
Greylock Mountain Trail, Klamath County County , 5 miles away, 6.5 hiking miles, 3383 feet elevation difference
Nannie Creek Trail, Klamath County County , 6 miles away,  4.8 hiking miles, 708 feet elevation difference
Four Mile Lake Trail, Klamath County County , 6 miles away,  7.4 hiking miles, 434 feet elevation difference
Varney Creek Trail, Klamath County County , 7 miles away,  8.2 hiking miles, 1592 feet elevation difference
 Camp Grounds Near Pelican Butte Trail:
Rocky Point Resort, Klamath Falls, 4 miles away
White Pine Campground, Klamath County, 8 miles away
Hemlock Lake Campground, Klamath County, 8 miles away
Sevenmile Marsh Campground, Klamath County, 10 miles away
Saddle Campground, Jackson County, 10 miles away
 Whitewater Near Pelican Butte Trail:
Klamath River, Klamath County County , 21 miles away, Class IV+ - 5 miles long (JC Boyle Dam to Powerhouse)
Klamath River, Klamath County County , 22 miles away, Class III - 5.5 miles long (Keno Dam to JC Boyle Reservoir)
Trask River, Klamath County County , 24 miles away, Class IV-V - 15 miles long (John Boyle Power Plant to Copco Lake)
Klamath River, Klamath County County , 25 miles away, Class III-IV+ - 17 miles long (JC Boyle Powerhouse to Copco Reservoir)
Rogue River - North Fork, Jackson County County , 28 miles away, Class III - 6 miles long (River Bridge to North Fork Park)
 National Parks Near Pelican Butte Trail:
Crater Lake National Park, Crater Lake - OR , 20 miles away
Lava Beds National Monument, Tulelake - CA , 55 miles away
 Hotels Near Pelican Butte Trail:
Klamath Falls Super 8 Motel, Klamath Falls , 27 miles away
Quality Inn Klamath Falls, Klamath Falls , 29 miles away
Econo Lodge Klamath Falls, Klamath Falls , 29 miles away
Maverick Motel, Klamath Falls , 29 miles away
Best Western Olympic Inn, Klamath Falls , 31 miles away
 Lakes Near Pelican Butte Trail
Deep Lake, Klamath County , 5 miles away

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