Oregon hiking trails - Ragged Rocks Trail, Blue Mountains, Grant County

   
  Backcountry hiking trails are good and plentiful in Oregon; Ragged Rocks Trail in Grant County is one of them. While visiting this area in Oregon it's a fine idea to go trekking too. Far from modern life you hit upon Ragged Rocks Trail, and there's glorious natural prettiness waiting here for you along it. When you're here in Oregon backcountry backpacking along one of its hiking trails is a magnificent way to spend some time. This hiking trail has only one trailhead, so you'll be hiking it in and back out. You should count on this trek taking about
    1.5 hours, but you never know stuff could go wrong and you could get stuck so be prepared for that. Every hiking trail in Oregon is worth backcountry backpacking. This great outdoors trail is not that long but you should still bring some emergency supplies just in case something
happens. Sometimes this great outdoors trail gets really dry, so make sure you check current conditions and fire restrictions with local forest authorities before you head out. This hiking trail has a total elevation difference of 673 feet, and that is lower than average. For the duration of the summer months at Ragged Rocks Trail highs are generally in the 80's. When the night sets in temperatures descend down into the 40's. The winter brings highs down to the 40's, and through the dark hours in the winter at Ragged Rocks Trail temperatures descend to  
the 20's. Ragged Rocks Trail is a very short backpacking trail having an average number of uphill miles which makes this great outdoors hiking trail great for the average backcountry hiker looking for a fun adventure. Alright, enough of spending all this time inside a building, time to get out, and Ragged Rocks Trail in Grant County, Oregon is just the site. The delightful backpacking trails of the Blue Mountains are a fine way to explore these highlands. This is one of a very small number of great outdoors hiking trails in this region. Around Ragged Rocks Trail you don’t get a lot of rain; May is when you get the most rain here, and the driest month of the year is July. You spend the whole backcountry trek in roughly the same elevation zone, so you get pretty much the same conditions along the whole hiking trail. Please follow all local rules about fires and camping. With its 1.8 miles of walking distance it's a short hiking trail.

Briefly about the general area:
You simply ought to love the Blue Mountains. If you came for an overnight stay Deerhorn Campground is a great place to camp, and Indian Springs Campground is a good campground here.

Location of Trailhead: Latitude 44.6005, Longitude -118.7251
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Total in and out hiking length = 1.8 miles

Total climbing distance = .6 miles

Difficulty : Medium

Casual Hiking Pace: 1.5 hours

Fast Hiking Pace: 1 hours

Total elevation difference: 673 feet


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