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| | There are plenty of backcountry hiking trails in Oregon; each one of them has something unique to offer. You can't spend all your time indoors you need to get out once in a while, and Pine Creek Trail in Grant County, Oregon is a perfect selection. Hiking trails are fine and plentiful in Oregon, and Pine Creek Trail is one of them, and it's in Grant County. Pine Creek Trail has a total elevation difference of 1,148 feet which is about average. Pine Creek Trail is 7.8 miles long it's an average length great outdoors trail. This is a vicinity covered with lots |
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of wilderness hiking trails. This neighborhood does get very dry sometimes, so do check for current fire restrictions before you go if you plan to bring a stove or make a camp fire. Pine Creek Trail is quite long, so make sure you bring plenty of supplies. And keep in mind that
| | there could be temporary safety restrictions in place. Pine Creek Trail is ordinarily a quite dry place; May is when you get the most rain here, and July is the month with the least moisture. This hike shouldn't take more than 7 hours, but of course some people walk a bit slower and some a bit faster. Here in Oregon backcountry trekking is always an enjoyable thing to do. This is a one trailhead backcountry trail, so you're looking at an in and out hike. Outdoors people generally like this part of Oregon. This wilderness hiking trail is a normal length | |
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wilderness hiking trail having an average number of uphill miles which makes this wilderness hiking trail fine for hard core backpackers looking for adventure. At Pine Creek Trail during the warm days of summer highs are in the 80's, and through the night it cools down to the 40's.
The winter brings highs down to the 40's with temperatures at Pine Creek Trail dipping down into the 20's through winter nights. Backpacking here in the Blue Mountains is a good way to explore these mountains. Many miles from the least distant town you have Pine Creek Trail, and
backcountry trekking is such an enjoyable thing to do, and this is a perfect place to do that. Pine Creek Trail stays roughly within the same elevation zone the whole time, so you get pretty much the same conditions along the whole great outdoors trail.
Briefly about the
general area:
Buckhorn Meadow is right here at Pine Creek Trail; a tour to Pine Creek Trail wouldn't be complete without taking a look at Buckhorn Spring. Getting to West Fork Indian Creek from Pine Creek Trail is uncomplicated. There's so much to do here at Pine Creek Trail
that you need to camp here for a while, Indian Springs Campground is a good spot for that.
Not enough hours in a day to enjoy the Blue Mountains. Everybody loves Wildcat Basin; why not take a little journey to East Fork Indian Creek while you're here. And if that's not sufficient,
there's plenty more to do near Pine Creek Trail. If you came to camp Ray Cole Campground is a perfect place to do that. There's a brilliant forest near Pine Creek Trail called Malheur National Forest; a short spree to Wildcat Spring is always worthwhile.
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Location of Trailhead: Latitude 44.2903, Longitude -118.718
- - Directions and Road Map
Total in and out hiking length = 7.8 miles
Total climbing distance = 3.3 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace:
7 hours
Fast Hiking Pace:
4.5 hours
Total elevation difference: 1148 feet
Best Western John Day Inn, John Day
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16 miles away
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Americas Best Value Inn, John Day
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16 miles away
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| | Trails Near Pine Creek Trail:
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Twin Springs Trail, Grant County
County
, 1 miles away, 3.6 hiking miles, 1157 feet elevation difference |
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Canyon Creek Trail, Grant County
County
, 1 miles away, 4.4 hiking miles, 1014 feet elevation difference |
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Indian Creek Trail, Grant County
County
, 2 miles away, 6.6 hiking miles, 3374 feet elevation difference |
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Strawberry Basin Trail, Grant County
County
, 3 miles away, 12.6 hiking miles, 2804 feet elevation difference |
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Slide Basin Trail, Grant County
County
, 4 miles away, 7.6 hiking miles, 1575 feet elevation difference |
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Onion Creek Trail, Grant County
County
, 4 miles away, 7 hiking miles, 1861 feet elevation difference |
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Lake Creek Trail, Grant County
County
, 4 miles away, 3.9 hiking miles, 1998 feet elevation difference |
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Best Western John Day Inn, John Day
, 16 miles away |
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Americas Best Value Inn, John Day
, 16 miles away |
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Days Inn Burns, Burns
, 41 miles away |
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Americas Best Inns-Burns, Burns
, 42 miles away |
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Best Western Rory & Ryan Inns, Hines
, 42 miles away |
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