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    Ketchum Reservoir is a lake worth visiting. During the days of summer at Ketchum Reservoir highs are generally in the 80's with night lows in the 50's. The winter brings highs down to the 40's with temperatures at Ketchum Reservoir dipping down into the 20's during winter nights. If you need a spot to stay Comfort Suites Hood River is a good choice, and the Fifteenmile Creek Trail offers hiking at its best. This lake is so wonderful. Saddle Spring is a pretty  
   location to stop at while you're at Ketchum Reservoir, and you can hit the slopes at Cooper Spur around here.
This lake is so wonderful. Not far from Ketchum Reservoir, you'll come across Crow Creek Reservoir which is a delightful lake, and hiking is a popular thing to do around Ketchum Reservoir; Bottle Prairie Trail is a great local trail. You'll in fact wish for more hours in a day to enjoy all the exciting stuff in the Central Cascade Range. Some nearby
 
               water includes Spring Creek, and everyone loves Pine Flat. This is no place for people who don’t like to have a good time. You'll meet a lot of people from Hood River here, and Mt. Hood Meadows is a very popular ski area nearby.
Ketchum Reservoir is pleasant enough to spend more than a day at, Clinger Campground is a pleasant local campground, and why not take a refreshing hike along the Cedar Creek Trail. Ketchum Reservoir is one of the lakes here in the Central Cascade Range. That right there is plenty already, but it goes on; Ketchum Reservoir has it all. There are other sites here than Ketchum Reservoir, for example Sky Ranch Reservoir Number Three, and whitewater paddling is not for everyone but if it's for you then, we recommend Hood River - East Fork.
If you adore the outdoors you'll adore it here in the Central Cascade Range. After a long day outdoors Best Western Hood River Inn is a brilliant site to spend a night or two, and not far from Ketchum Reservoir you get some tremendous water scenery at Ketchum Dam. This place, the Central Cascade Range, has so much outdoors cool things. The amount of precipitation that falls at Ketchum Reservoir is close to the national average; December is the wettest month with most rain, and July is when it's the driest.
There's so much to do here at Ketchum Reservoir that you need to camp here for a while, Columbia River Gorge Camping is a brilliant spot for that; there are some pleasant whitewater spots on Hood River.

 
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Current weather conditions at Ketchum Reservoir, Central Cascade Range, Wasco County, Oregon
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Local climate location: HOOD RIVER EXP STATION 10 miles away


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  Coordinates:
Latitude: 45.5325
Longitude: -121.4378

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These outdoors activities are available near Ketchum Reservoir.
 Hotels Near Ketchum Reservoir:
Best Western Hood River Inn, Hood River, 10 miles away
Comfort Suites Hood River, Hood River, 11 miles away
Cousins Country Inn, The Dalles, 16 miles away
The Dalles Super 8 Motel, The Dalles, 17 miles away
The Dalles Inn, The Dalles, 18 miles away
 Camp Grounds Near Ketchum Reservoir:
Columbia River Gorge Camping, Mosier, 8 miles away
Clinger Campground, Hood River County, 10 miles away
Bridge RV Park, White Salmon, 10 miles away
Memaloose State Park, -blank-, 11 miles away
 Hiking Trails Near Ketchum Reservoir:
Bottle Prairie Trail, Wasco County, 7 miles away
      2.9 hiking miles, 1332 feet elevation difference
Fifteenmile Creek Trail, Wasco County, 8 miles away
      5.9 hiking miles, 1677 feet elevation difference
Cedar Creek Trail, Wasco County, 8 miles away
       8 hiking miles, 1830 feet elevation difference
 Ski Areas Near Ketchum Reservoir:
Cooper Spur, Oregon, 13 miles away
      500 vertical feet
Mt. Hood Meadows, Oregon, 18 miles away
      2777 vertical feet
Timberline Lodge, Oregon, 24 miles away
      3590 vertical feet
 Whitewater Near Ketchum Reservoir:
Hood River, Hood River CountyCounty, 10 miles away
      Class III - 5 miles long (Tucker Bridge to Hood River Marina)
Hood River - East Fork, Hood River CountyCounty, 12 miles away
      Class III-IV - 7.5 miles long (Dee to bridge Below Tucker Park)
Rattlesnake Creek, Klickitat CountyCounty, 14 miles away
      Class IV(V) - 3 miles long (mile 3 to White Salmon)
 National Parks Near Ketchum Reservoir:
Mount Rainier National Park, Ashford - WA, 69 miles away
 Lakes Near Ketchum Reservoir:
Crow Creek Reservoir, Wasco CountyCounty, 3 miles away
Sky Ranch Reservoir Number Three, Wasco CountyCounty, 5 miles away

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