Collins Lake, Central Cascade Range, Clackamas County, Oregon

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    Collins Lake is a great lake in an area with lots of outdoors fun all around. You assume that's sufficient? Just getting warmed up. Everybody nearby loves skiing at Mt. Hood Ski Bowl, and do take a hike on the Hidden Lake Trail. Have a good hiking adventure along the Paradise Park Trail, and one of the principal highlights of the surroundings of Collins Lake is Eureka Peak. So much cool stuff in the Central Cascade Range, just fantastic.
For the duration
 
   of the warmest time of the year highs here at Collins Lake get into the 70's. During the moonlight hours it's typically in the 50's. Highs throughout the wintertime are commonly in the 40's, and nighttime lows in the 30's for Collins Lake. All year is a brilliant time in the Central Cascade Range if you adore the outdoors. While staying at Collins Lake you could always look at Sand Canyon, and if you come at the right time of year, Zigzag River offers some delightful  
               whitewater. You completely ought to fancy Collins Lake. After a long day outdoors Mount Hood Inn is a good spot to spend a night or two; the slopes of Timberline Lodge are so inviting noone can resist.
This lake is so wonderful. Hiking along the Tom Dick Trail is glorious fun; you're sure to bump into some wonderful people from Hood River here. A great deal of rain falls at Collins Lake; the month of December is the wettest with most of the rain, and the driest of the months is July. Life's too short to enjoy all the entertaining things in the Central Cascade Range. Dry warm beds await you at Whispering Woods (Vri), and since you're here, you could also stop by lovely Trillium Lake.
Camping is available at Nanitch Campground, and do set aside some time for Summit Meadows if you're here at Collins Lake. Get yourself into a kayak and hit Sandy River, and a tremendous site to camp here at Collins Lake is High Cascade Snowboard Camp. Collins Lake is one of the lakes here in the Central Cascade Range.
This lake is so wonderful. Swim Creek is a splendid local stream, and you'll come across a gorgeous lake called Mirror Lake.

 
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Current weather conditions at Collins Lake, Central Cascade Range, Clackamas County, Oregon
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Local climate location: BONNEVILLE DAM 13 miles away


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  Coordinates:
Latitude: 45.30361
Longitude: -121.7614

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These outdoors activities are available near Collins Lake.
 Hotels Near Collins Lake:
Mount Hood Inn, Government Camp, 0 miles away
Whispering Woods (Vri), Welches, 14 miles away
Resort at the Mountain, Welches, 14 miles away
Best Western Columbia River Inn, Cascade Locks, 20 miles away
Skamania Lodge, Stevenson, 21 miles away
 Camp Grounds Near Collins Lake:
High Cascade Snowboard Camp, Government Camp, 1 miles away
Nanitch Campground, Clackamas County, 2 miles away
Barlow Campground, Clackamas County, 3 miles away
Salmon River Campground, Clackamas County, 3 miles away
 Hiking Trails Near Collins Lake:
Hidden Lake Trail, Clackamas County, 1 miles away
       8.2 hiking miles, 3014 feet elevation difference
Tom Dick Trail, Clackamas County, 1 miles away
       5 hiking miles, 1309 feet elevation difference
Paradise Park Trail, Clackamas County, 2 miles away
       11.2 hiking miles, 3481 feet elevation difference
 Ski Areas Near Collins Lake:
Mt. Hood Ski Bowl, Oregon, 1 miles away
      1500 vertical feet
Timberline Lodge, Oregon, 1 miles away
      3590 vertical feet
Mt. Hood Meadows, Oregon, 7 miles away
      2777 vertical feet
 Whitewater Near Collins Lake:
Sandy River, Clackamas CountyCounty, 10 miles away
      Class IV - 4.5 miles long (McNeil Campground to Lolo Pass Road)
Zigzag River, Clackamas CountyCounty, 12 miles away
      Class III-IV - 3.2 miles long (Tollgate to Sandy River)
Hood River - Lake Branch, Hood River CountyCounty, 12 miles away
      Class IV-V - 3 miles long (3 miles above West Fork to Confluence with West Fork)
 Lakes Near Collins Lake:
Mirror Lake, Clackamas CountyCounty, 2 miles away
Trillium Lake, Clackamas CountyCounty, 2 miles away

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