Oregon hiking trails - Strawberry Basin Trail, Blue Mountains, Grant County

   
  Each one of the many wilderness hiking trails of Oregon has its own unique loveliness. A visit to Oregon is not complete without some hiking. Backcountry hiking here in Oregon never gets boring. Don’t forget to check for any current restrictions or closures before you go. With its 12.6 miles of walking distance; it's a long backcountry hiking trail. Keep in mind that this is a long great outdoors hiking trail, so do pack enough food to last the whole trip. Around Strawberry Basin Trail you don’t get a lot of rain; May is when you get the most rain here,
    and the driest of the months is July. Of course, this is an overnight trek, 2 days normally, so better have big backpack to fit all the stuff you need. Far from modern life you locate Strawberry Basin Trail, and when you spend some time hiking here you will feel like a whole new
person. There are many great wilderness hiking trails in Oregon; one of them being Strawberry Basin Trail in Grant County. Through the summertime months here at Strawberry Basin Trail, high temperatures commonly get into the 80's. Once the sun is down it drops down to the 40's. All through the wintertime the highs are usually in the 40's, and overnight lows in the 20's for Strawberry Basin Trail. At parts of the year this neighborhood sees very little rain, so do check for current fire restrictions before you go if you plan to bring a stove or make a  
camp fire. The total elevation difference for Strawberry Basin Trail is 2,804 feet which is higher than average. Alright, enough of spending all this time inside a building, time to get out, and if you happen to be in Grant County of Oregon, Strawberry Basin Trail is a great local wilderness hiking trail for doing a bit of leg stretching. This is a one trailhead backcountry hiking trail, so you'll be backpacking it in and back out. The hiking trails of the Blue Mountains are a really brilliant way to spend quality time in nature. This backcountry hiking trail goes through some very different elevations which of course means you need to be prepared for different conditions on different parts of the backcountry hiking trail. The length of this hiking trail is on the longer side with an average amount of climbing distance which makes it a magnificent great outdoors hiking trail for experienced walkers in fine shape. This is just one of a large number of great outdoors hiking trails in this vicinity.

Briefly about the general area:
Places like Wildcat Basin are magnificent to stop by, and a short spree to Strawberry Falls is always worthwhile. Just can't get enough of Strawberry Basin Trail. Camping is available at Wickiup Campground.
These mountains rock, just explore all the cool stuff to do in the Blue Mountains. Looking for some flowing water? Try Onion Creek, and a perfect place to camp here at Strawberry Basin Trail is Indian Springs Campground. Some of the water nearby flows, like East Fork Indian Creek, and you don't ought to go far to enjoy Malheur National Forest. Buckhorn Meadow is a glorious site to check out; Strawberry Spring is an inspiring place to take a look at while here.

Location of Trailhead: Latitude 44.2902, Longitude -118.718
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Total in and out hiking length = 12.6 miles

Total climbing distance = 5.6 miles

Difficulty : Difficult

Casual Hiking Pace: 2 days

Fast Hiking Pace: 7.5 hours

Total elevation difference: 2804 feet


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 Trails Near Strawberry Basin Trail:
Slide Basin Trail, Grant County County , 1 miles away,  7.6 hiking miles, 1575 feet elevation difference
Onion Creek Trail, Grant County County , 2 miles away, 7 hiking miles, 1861 feet elevation difference
Twin Springs Trail, Grant County County , 2 miles away,  3.6 hiking miles, 1157 feet elevation difference
Lake Creek Trail, Grant County County , 2 miles away, 3.9 hiking miles, 1998 feet elevation difference
Indian Creek Trail, Grant County County , 3 miles away, 6.6 hiking miles, 3374 feet elevation difference
Pine Creek Trail, Grant County County , 3 miles away,  7.8 hiking miles, 1148 feet elevation difference
Canyon Creek Trail, Grant County County , 3 miles away,  4.4 hiking miles, 1014 feet elevation difference
 Camp Grounds Near Strawberry Basin Trail:
Indian Springs Campground, Grant County, 2 miles away
Wickiup Campground, Grant County, 13 miles away
Ray Cole Campground, Grant County, 16 miles away
Deerhorn Campground, Grant County, 18 miles away
Rock Springs Campground, Grant County, 18 miles away
 National Parks Near Strawberry Basin Trail:
John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Kimberly - OR , 64 miles away
 Hotels Near Strawberry Basin Trail:
Best Western John Day Inn, John Day , 19 miles away
Burns - Days Inn Ponderosa, Burns , 43 miles away
Americas Best Inns-Burns, Burns , 44 miles away
Best Western Rory & Ryan Inns, Hines , 45 miles away
 Lakes Near Strawberry Basin Trail
Little Slide Lake, Grant County , 3 miles away
Slide Lake, Grant County , 3 miles away

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