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| | Backcountry trekking in Oregon never gets boring. Trails for hiking, and backpacking can be found all over Oregon; one of them being Sunshine Flat Trail in Baker County. Sunshine Flat Trail is a very long way away from society, and it is a splendid backcountry trail. Not much rain falls here at Sunshine Flat Trail; May is the wettest month with most rain, and the driest month is July. Sunshine Flat Trail is quite long, so don't forget to pack enough supplies. Each one of the many wilderness hiking trails of Oregon has its own character. And keep in |
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mind that there could be temporary safety restrictions in site. The warmest time of the year brings highs in the 80's to Sunshine Flat Trail; the nighttime is rather chillier of course, usually in the 40's. The cold days of the winter come with highs in the 40's with winter lows
| | in the 20's overnight here at Sunshine Flat Trail. The time needed for this backcountry walk is roughly 9 hours, but you never know stuff could go wrong and you could get stuck so be prepared for that. This hiking and backpacking trail sometimes gets very dry, so don’t forget to check for any current fire restrictions before you go. This is a neighborhood covered with lots of backpacking and hiking trails. This hiking and backpacking trail is a very long hiking and backpacking trail with an average amount of climbing distance which makes this a very tough | |
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backpacking and hiking trail for advanced trekkers looking for a glorious challenge. Sunshine Flat Trail is 10 miles long; it's a long wilderness trail. Alright, enough of spending all this time inside a building, time to get out, and Sunshine Flat Trail in Baker County, Oregon
is just the place. Oregon has lots of outdoors pursuits. The pretty hiking and backpacking trails of the Blue Mountains are a great way to explore these mountains. Sunshine Flat Trail is a two ended great outdoors hiking trail with two trailheads which means you have the option
of trekking it one way if you have someone to pick you up at the other end. Different parts of this wilderness trail are at very different elevations which of course means you need to be prepared for different conditions on different parts of the wilderness trail. Sunshine Flat
Trail has a total elevation difference of 2,423 feet which is about average.
Briefly about the general area:
Don't leave Sunshine Flat Trail without first paying a visit to Trout Farm Spring, and don’t forget to pop by Little Meadows since you're here at Sunshine Flat
Trail. All the outdoors amusing stuff in the Blue Mountains will keep you coming back many times. A tour to Buck Spring will fill your spirit with brilliant feelings, and Sunshine Flat is a wonderful spot here at Sunshine Flat Trail.
Why not camp at Wickiup Campground if you're
here at Sunshine Flat Trail, and some of the water close by flows, like Crescent Creek. If you came for an overnight stay Fopian Campground is a glorious place to camp, and you might also want to pay a visit to Bogue Gulch if you're here at Sunshine Flat Trail. Now, you may feel that's a load but there's even more fun stuff to do here at Sunshine Flat Trail. Snow Creek is a splendid local stream.
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Location of Trailhead 1: Latitude 44.3111, Longitude -118.5271
- - Directions and Road Map
Location of Trailhead 2: Latitude 44.2857, Longitude -118.4963
- - Directions and Road Map
Trailhead 1 to Trailhead 2:
Total hiking length = 5 miles
Total climbing distance = 3.6 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace:
5.5 hours
Fast Hiking Pace:
3 hours
Trailhead 2 to Trailhead 1:
Total hiking length = 5 miles
Total climbing distance = .5 miles
Difficulty : Easy
Casual Hiking Pace:
3.5 hours
Fast Hiking Pace:
2 hours
| | Trailhead 1 back to Trailhead 1:
Total hiking length = 10 miles
Total climbing distance = 4.1 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace:
9 hours
Fast Hiking Pace:
5.5 hours
Trailhead 2 back to Trailhead 2:
Total hiking length = 10 miles
Total climbing distance = 4.1 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace:
9 hours
Fast Hiking Pace:
5.5 hours
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Total elevation difference: 2423 feet
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Little Baldy Trail, Grant County
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, 1 miles away, 10.2 hiking miles, 3398 feet elevation difference |
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Starvation Trail, Baker County
County
, 3 miles away, 2.3 hiking miles, 1811 feet elevation difference |
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Grouse Spring Trail, Grant County
County
, 5 miles away, 11.2 hiking miles, 2535 feet elevation difference |
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Snowshoe Creek Trail, Grant County
County
, 6 miles away, 7 hiking miles, 1825 feet elevation difference |
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Skyline Trail, Grant County
County
, 7 miles away, 14.8 hiking miles, 2722 feet elevation difference |
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Meadow Fork Trail, Grant County
County
, 9 miles away, 8.6 hiking miles, 2337 feet elevation difference |
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Reynolds Creek Trail, Grant County
County
, 11 miles away, 1.6 hiking miles, 137 feet elevation difference |
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