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| | Oregon has plenty of brilliant backpacking and hiking trails, and Squaw Butte Trail in Lane County is one of them. This part of Oregon is always a bliss to explore during hiking season. Alright, enough of spending all this time inside a building, time to get out, and Squaw Butte Trail in Lane County, Oregon is such a good place. The time needed for this backcountry walk is roughly 6 hours, but you never know stuff could go wrong and you could get stuck so be prepared for that. This is a neighborhood covered with lots of great outdoors trails. Many miles |
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from the least distant city you have Squaw Butte Trail, and there's good natural attractiveness awaiting you here along it. The wilderness trails of the Central Cascade Range are a very brilliant way to see these peaks. The high level of precipitation makes Squaw Butte Trail a
| | quite wet location; of all the months in a year November is the one with the most rain, and July is when it's the driest. Sometimes this backcountry hiking trail gets really dry, so don’t forget to check for any current fire restrictions before you go. Summer at Squaw Butte Trail arrives with high temperatures in the 80's. For the duration of the dark hours of summer temperatures drop down into the 50's. The wintertime brings highs down to the 40's, and night lows during the wintertime for Squaw Butte Trail tend to be in the 30's. There are numerous backpacking | |
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and hiking trails in Oregon, and each one has its own unique loveliness. There are two trailheads to chose from, one in each end, so if you can get a ride from someone, you can backcountry trek it just one way. There's not much difference in elevation along the backpacking trail,
so you get pretty much the same conditions along the whole backpacking trail. Squaw Butte Trail is quite long, so make sure you bring plenty of supplies. Please follow all local rules about fires and camping. The total elevation difference for this backcountry hiking trail is 1,436
feet which is about average. Being 6.8 miles long it's a mid length backcountry hike. Here in Oregon hiking is so much fun. Squaw Butte Trail is a normal length wilderness trail with an average amount of climbing distance which makes it an excellent great outdoors trail for experienced
trekkers in wonderful shape.
Briefly about the general area:
If you come to this river you will have a good time for sure. A wonderful location to camp here at Squaw Butte Trail is Oakridge Mobile Home Park, and a quick tour to Sugar Creek is beyond doubt a good idea.
Put some time aside to spend at Cottonwood Spring since you're here at Squaw Butte Trail, and camping at Oakridge RV Park is always a great experience.
And if that's not sufficient there's a heap more enjoyable stuff to do in the Central Cascade Range. Get drenched paddling
on Salt Creek, and it's a delightful idea to explore Gobel Creek. Glide down the rapids of Hills Creek in a kayak, and Salmon Falls is a great local attraction. You just can't picture the amount of outdoors entertaining stuff the area near Squaw Butte Trail has to offer.
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Location of Trailhead 1: Latitude 43.7661, Longitude -122.3211
- - Directions and Road Map
Location of Trailhead 2: Latitude 43.7371, Longitude -122.3308
- - Directions and Road Map
Trailhead 1 to Trailhead 2:
Total hiking length = 3.4 miles
Total climbing distance = 1.6 miles
Difficulty : Medium
Casual Hiking Pace:
3 hours
Fast Hiking Pace:
1.5 hours
Trailhead 2 to Trailhead 1:
Total hiking length = 3.4 miles
Total climbing distance = 1.5 miles
Difficulty : Medium
Casual Hiking Pace:
3 hours
Fast Hiking Pace:
1.5 hours
| | Trailhead 1 back to Trailhead 1:
Total hiking length = 6.8 miles
Total climbing distance = 3.1 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace:
6 hours
Fast Hiking Pace:
4 hours
Trailhead 2 back to Trailhead 2:
Total hiking length = 6.8 miles
Total climbing distance = 3.1 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace:
6 hours
Fast Hiking Pace:
4 hours
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Total elevation difference: 1436 feet
Best Western Oakridge Inn, Oakridge
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12 miles away
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Super 8 Creswell, Creswell
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49 miles away
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| These outdoors activities are available near Squaw Butte Trail. |
| | Trails Near Squaw Butte Trail:
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Gobel Creek Trail, Lane County
County
, 1 miles away, 1.2 hiking miles, 632 feet elevation difference |
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Owl Cabin Way, Lane County
County
, 3 miles away, 2.8 hiking miles, 3365 feet elevation difference |
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Bunchgrass Trail, Lane County
County
, 4 miles away, 5.5 hiking miles, 2141 feet elevation difference |
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Shitepoke Trail, Lane County
County
, 4 miles away, 1.6 hiking miles, 2640 feet elevation difference |
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Dead Mountain Trail, Lane County
County
, 4 miles away, 5.2 hiking miles, 2108 feet elevation difference |
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Kitson Ridge Trail, Lane County
County
, 5 miles away, 6.3 hiking miles, 3666 feet elevation difference |
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Roosevelt Way, Lane County
County
, 6 miles away, 5.4 hiking miles, 2210 feet elevation difference |
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| | Whitewater Near Squaw Butte Trail:
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Salt Creek, Lane County
County
, 3 miles away, Class III-IV - 7.2 miles long (McCredie Hot Springs to Rigdon Road Bridge) |
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Hills Creek, Lane County
County
, 4 miles away, Class IV - 6 miles long (6 mi above Reservoir) |
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Salmon Creek, Lane County
County
, 5 miles away, Class II-V - 12 miles long (Top of Upper Salmon Creek Gorge to Oakridge) |
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Willamette River - North Fork of Middle Fork, Lane County
County
, 7 miles away, Class IV-V - 13.5 miles long (to Westfir) |
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Christy Creek, Lane County
County
, 8 miles away, Class III-V(V+) - 9 miles long (to Confluence with Willamette) |
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| | Hotels Near Squaw Butte Trail:
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Arbor Inn, Oakridge
, 9 miles away |
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Oakridge Motel, Oakridge
, 9 miles away |
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Cascade Motel & Storage, Oakridge
, 11 miles away |
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Best Western Oakridge Inn, Oakridge
, 12 miles away |
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Sleepy Hollow Motel, Blue River
, 22 miles away |
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49 miles away
