Washington hiking trails - Mount Jupiter Trail, Olympic Mountains, Jefferson County

   
  While visiting this vicinity in Washington it's a magnificent idea to go hiking too. Here in the brilliant state of Washington backcountry trekking is something that is always fun to do. Each one of the many great outdoors trails of Washington is well worth a backcountry hike. Now, this is roughly a 2-day walk, so better have big backpack to fit all the stuff you need. There are so many brilliant great outdoors trails for backcountry trekking in Washington, and one of those is Mount Jupiter Trail in Jefferson County. This backcountry trail sometimes
    gets very dry, so don’t forget to check for any current fire restrictions before you go. Spending too much time indoors got you down? No problem, Mount Jupiter Trail in Jefferson County, Washington is a really pleasant site to spend some time. Different parts of this hiking trail
are at very different elevations, and that means that some parts of the hiking trail could be very different from other parts of it. Mount Jupiter Trail is 12 miles long; it's a long hiking trail. This is one of many hiking and backpacking trails in the surrounding neighborhood. Mount Jupiter Trail is pretty dehydrated frequently; of all the months in a year December is the one with the most rain, and the driest month of the year is July. Quite far from Shelton you locate Mount Jupiter Trail, but it is a wonderful hiking trail. The total elevation difference  
for this great outdoors hiking trail is 3,830 feet which is higher than average. Mount Jupiter Trail is a great outdoors hiking trail of pleasant length with an average amount of climbing distance which makes it an outstanding hiking and backpacking trail for experienced backcountry trekkers in good shape. For the period of the warmest time of the year at Mount Jupiter Trail temperatures are typically in the 60's. Once the sun is down it dips down to the 50's. Daytime highs during the wintertime are in the 40's, and winter nights come with lows in the 30's to Mount Jupiter Trail. This is a one trailhead great outdoors hiking trail, so you'll be backpacking it in and back out. Mount Jupiter Trail is quite long, so do pack enough food to last the whole trip. Please follow all local rules about fires and camping. Backcountry backpacking here in the Olympic Mountains is a magnificent way to explore these highlands.

Briefly about the general area:
Trap Pass is a splendid spot to stop by close to Mount Jupiter Trail, and Triton Cove is not far at all. And if that's not enough, there's heaps more to do right next door to Mount Jupiter Trail. Mount Jupiter Trail is not far at all from Shelton.
It's a delightful idea to visit Milwaukee Creek, it's near Mount Jupiter Trail, and you can run the rapids of Duckabush River. Stay the night at Falls View Campground, and why not take a look at close by Wilson Creek while you're here at Mount Jupiter Trail. Man, is there a lot of enjoyable things to do in the Olympic Mountains. There's so much to do here at Mount Jupiter Trail that you need to camp here for a while, Dosewallips State Park Campground is a fine place for that, and a delightful place for whitewater paddling is Dosewallips River.

Location of Trailhead: Latitude 47.6841, Longitude -122.956
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Total in and out hiking length = 12 miles

Total climbing distance = 5.1 miles

Difficulty : Difficult

Casual Hiking Pace: 2 days

Fast Hiking Pace: 7 hours

Total elevation difference: 3830 feet


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 Trails Near Mount Jupiter Trail:
Deadfall Trail, Clallam County County , 10 miles away,  1.6 hiking miles, 1380 feet elevation difference
Mount Zion Trail, Clallam County County , 10 miles away,  7.8 hiking miles, 2262 feet elevation difference
Tubal Cain Mine Trail, Jefferson County County , 12 miles away, 12 hiking miles, 5265 feet elevation difference
Bear Mountain Trail, Clallam County County , 13 miles away, 2.5 hiking miles, 1626 feet elevation difference
 Camp Grounds Near Mount Jupiter Trail:
Falls View Campground, Jefferson County, 7 miles away
Dosewallips State Park Campground, Jefferson County, 8 miles away
Seal Rock Campground, Jefferson County, 8 miles away
Lena Lake Campground, Jefferson County, 11 miles away
Lena Creek Campground, Mason County, 11 miles away
 Whitewater Near Mount Jupiter Trail:
Duckabush River, Jefferson County County , 2 miles away, Class IV - 6.2 miles long (2515 Bridge to Highway 101)
Dosewallips River, Jefferson County County , 3 miles away, Class III-IV+ - 5.2 miles long (Elkhorn Campground to Six Mile Bridge)
Dosewallips River, Jefferson County County , 4 miles away, Class II-III - 6.5 miles long (Six Mile Bridge to Dosewallips State Park)
Big Quilcene River, Jefferson County County , 6 miles away, Class V+ - 2 miles long (Tunnel Creek to Rainbow Campground)
Big Quilcene River, Jefferson County County , 8 miles away, Class IV+ - 3.2 miles long (Rainbow Campground to fish hatchery)
 National Parks Near Mount Jupiter Trail:
Olympic National Park, Port Angeles - WA , 38 miles away
Lake Chelan National Recreation Area, Sedro-Woolley - WA , 69 miles away
North Cascades National Park, Sedro-Woolley - WA , 69 miles away
 Hotels Near Mount Jupiter Trail:
Juan De Fuca Cottages, Sequim , 15 miles away
Alderbrook Resort And Spa, Union , 17 miles away
Holiday Plaza Sequim Inn, Sequim , 18 miles away
Econo Lodge Sequim, Sequim , 19 miles away
Quality Inn & Suites, Sequim , 20 miles away
 Lakes Near Mount Jupiter Trail
Jupiter Lakes, Jefferson County , 3 miles away
Harrison Lake, Jefferson County , 6 miles away

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