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

   
  Oregon is a glorious location for backcountry walkers. There are many fine great outdoors trails in Oregon, and Pelican Butte Trail in Klamath County is one of them. A long drive parts Klamath Falls from Pelican Butte Trail, but it is a splendid backcountry trail. For the duration of the days of summer at Pelican Butte Trail temperatures are typically in the 60's. Summer night lows descend down to the 40's. Highs all through the winter are usually in the 30's, and winter nights come with lows in the 10's to Pelican Butte Trail. Now this backcountry trail
    is pretty long, so make sure you bring plenty of supplies. Pelican Butte Trail is a two ended backpacking and hiking trail with two trailheads, so backcountry trekking it one way is an option if you can arrange for a ride back. This backpacking and hiking trail has a total elevation
difference of 3,325 feet which is a higher than average number. Pelican Butte Trail usually gets much rain; most of the snow falls during December; July is the month with the least moisture. Some parts of Pelican Butte Trail are much higher up than other parts of the backcountry hiking trail, and that means that some parts of the backcountry hiking trail could be very different from other parts of it. Pelican Butte Trail is 20.8 miles long; it's a long backcountry hiking trail. This is one of many backpacking trails in the surrounding region. These trails  
here in the Southern Cascade Range are a glorious way to explore these peaks. There are plenty of great outdoors trails in Oregon; each one of them has its own character. Don’t forget to check for any current restrictions or closures before you go. Here in the fine state of Oregon hiking never gets boring. Pelican Butte Trail is a trail of good length with an average amount of climbing distance which makes this a very tough backpacking trail for advanced backcountry hikers looking for a magnificent challenge. Of course, this is an overnight backcountry trek, 3 days normally, so make sure you've got all your overnight gear packed. At parts of the year this vicinity sees very little rain, so make sure you check current conditions and fire restrictions with local forest authorities before you head out. You can't spend all your time indoors you need to get out once in a while, and Pelican Butte Trail in Klamath County, Oregon is just what you need.

Briefly about the general area:
Harriman Spring is always fun to check out; a perfect site to camp here at Pelican Butte Trail is Hemlock Lake Campground. Not enough hours in a day to enjoy this site. A trip to Point Comfort near Pelican Butte Trail is always a brilliant idea; naturally, all our national parks are wonderful places to visit and Crater Lake National Park is no exception.
Places like Seven Lakes Basin are pleasant to take a look at; Pelican Butte Trail is good enough to spend more than a day at, White Pine Campground is a good local campground. And that's not everything there is to do here in the Southern Cascade Range. So many amusing things in the Southern Cascade Range, just striking. Fourmile Flat Quarry is a pretty place any time of year, and Penn Creek is one of the streams nearby that might be worth stopping at.
Cold Spring is a nice local attraction, and let's not forget Seldom Creek which is a stream that you may stumble upon 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:
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
Upper South Fork Campground, Jackson County, 12 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
Americas Best Value Inn, 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
 Lakes Near Pelican Butte Trail
Cloud Lake Group, Klamath County , 1 miles away
Lake Gladys, Klamath County , 1 miles away

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