Elephant Lake, Central Cascade Range, Lane County, Oregon     User input for Elephant Lake, Central Cascade Range, Lane County, Oregon: Be the first to submit input for Elephant Lake. Help improve this web site with your great input. Submit Input: Your Name: Write or Paste Input here: Upload picture:      Review Guidelines       Elephant Lake is a great lake in an area with lots of outdoors fun all around. You'll truly wish for more hours in a day to enjoy all the enjoyable things in the Central Cascade Range. A nice location for whitewater paddling in the neighborhood of Elephant Lake is Brice Creek, and a short spree to Smith Falls is always worthwhile. You can run the rapids of Champion Creek in the neighborhood of Elephant Lake, and getting to Cat Creek from Elephant Lake is uncomplicated.       Elephant Lake is not the only location close by, Crystal Lake is a close by lake, and after a long day outdoors Cascade Motel & Storage is a good place to spend a night or two. At Elephant Lake throughout the warm months highs are in the 70's, and through the night it cools down to the 40's. For the period of the winter highs are in the 40's; after the sun is down all through the wintertime temperatures at Elephant Lake plunge into the 30's. This lake is                  so wonderful. Good hiking is available along the Canton Creek Trail, and some interesting geology is available here, Judson Rock is right here. And if you're still looking for more outdoors cool stuff just keep reading. While staying at Elephant Lake you could always discover Bohemia Saddle, and you can go for a hike on the Mayflower Trail. Elephant Lake is one of the lakes here in the Central Cascade Range. A brilliant nearby hotel is Best Western Oakridge Inn, and you can stay the night at Slim Chance Campground. That right there is a load of amusing stuff already but it goes on, the Central Cascade Range has it all. Crystal Basin is a pretty site any time of year. There's so much to do here at Elephant Lake that you need to camp here for a while, Errin Campground is a glorious place for that. All the water falling down from the sky makes Elephant Lake a wet spot; November is the wettest month with most rain while July is ordinarily the driest month. Whohoo, so many cool things in one place! Elephant Lake is unbeatable!. This lake is so wonderful. You get a splendid vista of Bohemia Mountain from Elephant Lake, and going for a hike on the Steamboat Trail is always a pleasant adventure.   Best Western Oakridge Inn, Oakridge 14 miles away This Oakridge, Oregon hotel offers a complimentary continental breakfast each morning and convenient access to a variety of outdoor activities. Discover the Best Western Oakridge Inn, nestled agains... Moonstone Village Green Resort, Cottage Grove 29 miles away Village Green Resort is located off Interstate 5, in Cottage Grove. The resort is six miles from the covered bridges, and approximately 30 miles from Eugene Airport. We are less than a mile from two g... Current weather conditions at Elephant Lake, Central Cascade Range, Lane County, Oregon Local climate location: DORENA DAM 8 miles away   Coordinates: Latitude: 43.59556 Longitude: -122.6528 Central Cascade Range Lakes Complete list of all the lakes in the Central Cascade Range. Central Cascade Range Outdoors Info Complete outdoors info for the Central Cascade Range. Oregon Lakes Complete list of all lakes in Oregon Lane County Lakes Complete list of all lakes in Lane County Books about Elephant Lake List of books available on Amazon.com about Elephant Lake, Central Cascade Range, Lane County, Oregon. Outdoors Recreation Near Eugene-Springfield, Oregon Very comprehensive list of a variety of outdoors recreation in the vicinity of Eugene-Springfield, Oregon, the metro area neareast to Elephant Lake. 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Oregon Outdoors Index This is a very comprehensive index of outdoors activities in the great state of Oregon.     These outdoors activities are available near Elephant Lake.   Hotels Near Elephant Lake: Best Western Oakridge Inn, Oakridge, 14 miles away Cascade Motel & Storage, Oakridge, 14 miles away Steamboat Inn, Idleyld Park, 14 miles away Oakridge Motel, Oakridge, 15 miles away Arbor Inn, Oakridge, 15 miles away   Camp Grounds Near Elephant Lake: Slim Chance Campground, Douglas County, 11 miles away Errin Campground, Lane County, 13 miles away Oakridge Mobile Home Park, Oakridge, 14 miles away Oakridge RV Park, Oakridge, 15 miles away   Hiking Trails Near Elephant Lake: Steamboat Trail, Lane County, 3 miles away       5.9 hiking miles, 2985 feet elevation difference Mayflower Trail, Lane County, 3 miles away        4.4 hiking miles, 1953 feet elevation difference Canton Creek Trail, Lane County, 5 miles away        7 hiking miles, 2981 feet elevation difference   Whitewater Near Elephant Lake: Champion Creek, Lane CountyCounty, 2 miles away       Class IV-V - 1.1 miles long (Gorge 1 mile above Brice Creek to Brice Creek) Brice Creek, Lane CountyCounty, 3 miles away       Class IV-V - 4.5 miles long (Parker Falls to Champion Creek) Brice Creek, Lane CountyCounty, 4 miles away       Class IV-V - 5 miles long (Champion Creek to Cedar Creek Campground)   National Parks Near Elephant Lake: Crater Lake National Park, Crater Lake - OR, 50 miles away   Lakes Near Elephant Lake: Crystal Lake, Lane CountyCounty, 1 miles away