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Ottertail Lake is a great lake in an area with lots of outdoors fun all around. Ottertail Lake is a beautiful lake in the Central Cascade Range. Man, is there loads of amusing things to do in the Central Cascade Range. Simmons Creek is one of the streams close by that might be worth taking a look at, and why not head up to Mt. Hood Ski Bowl and strap some skis to your feet. And if that's not sufficient, there's a lot more to do in the neighborhood of Ottertail
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| | Lake. This lake is so wonderful. Take a hike on the Herman Creek Trail, and the best way to spend a winter day is on the slopes of close by Timberline Lodge. If you need a site to stay Best Western Columbia River Inn is a splendid choice, and if you're here you can take a hike along the Lost Lake Butte Trail. This lake is so wonderful. Hood River - West Fork is a great whitewater spot in close proximity to Ottertail Lake, and you can stay the night at Ladd | |
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Creek Campground. You can run the rapids of Hood River - Lake Branch in close proximity to Ottertail Lake, and if you get bored of Ottertail Lake you could also take a look at close by Mud Lake. You definitely ought to adore the
Central Cascade Range. You're sure to stumble upon some wonderful people from Hood River here; Skamania Lodge is a tremendous place to get some rest. Have a delightful hiking adventure along the Wyeth Trail; Tomlike Mountain can be
seen from Ottertail Lake. If only every place had this much outdoors cool stuff, what a great globe it would be. There's so much to do here at Ottertail Lake that you need to camp here for a while, Wind Mountain Resort is a nice
place for that, and a lake close by is Wahtum Lake. For the duration of the warm months, highs mostly are in the 70's at Ottertail Lake while night lows are generally in the 50's. High temperatures throughout the winter are normally
in the 40's with temperatures at Ottertail Lake dipping down into the 30's through winter nights. Ottertail Lake is a wet location that gets lots of precipitation; the month with most of the rain is December, and July is the month with the least moisture.
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Coordinates: Latitude: 45.58444 Longitude: -121.7781
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Herman Creek Trail, Hood River County, 3 miles away 7.4 hiking miles, 3514 feet elevation difference |
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Wyeth Trail, Hood River County, 4 miles away 11.2 hiking miles, 4054 feet elevation difference |
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Hood River - Lake Branch, Hood River CountyCounty, 3 miles away Class IV-V - 3 miles long (3 miles above West Fork to Confluence with West Fork) |
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Hood River - West Fork, Hood River CountyCounty, 7 miles away Class IV-V - 6.5 miles long (White Bridge Park to East Fork Hood River) |
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Hood River - East Fork, Hood River CountyCounty, 12 miles away Class III-IV - 7.5 miles long (Dee to bridge Below Tucker Park) |
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Mud Lake, Hood River CountyCounty, 1 miles away |
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Herman Creek Trail
 | The Herman Creek Trail was constructed for foot access to the old site of a wartime lookout built to spot ballon bomb sent over by Japan. There were three cabins just past the cliff road and the end of the Herman Creek cut-off trail which statrted at seven and a half mile camp in what was once Cedder Swamp just below Mud Lake.... |
Little Ashes Lake
 | Since the previous post was negative, I was skeptical about fishing there. I sent a couple of hours fishing there at one of the few access spots to see how it fished. I was fortunate enough to land a trout about 27 inches long. Not to bad for a couple hours. Caught using a rooster tail spinner. Gotta give it a try....Little Ashes lake is a medium sized spillway from the Columbia River. There is not much public access to the lake. The lake is boundaried on the southwest side by Highway 14. and all the rest is Private property. No way to launch a boat, but I have float tubed it. There are no trails to hike around this lake. You won't want to swim in it since it is columbia river water. The fishing is unproductive as i fished it and never caught a single bass or trout, only sucker fish and perch. My advice is to just enjoy the sight of this lake, but venturing into it is a waste of time.... |
Kidney Lake
 | 12 miles away It's nice.... |
Timberline Lodge
 | 13 miles away 1 PHOTO WINDELLS SNOWBOARD CAMP - the funnest place on earth! www.windells.com... |
Mt. Hood Meadows
 | 14 miles away Excellent ski resort, great scenery.... |
White River Park Campground
 | 15 miles away Last fall I heard that White River Crossing campground was closed because of lack of funding. Is this true?... |
Bighorn Campground
 | 18 miles away Have you been to the Bighorn campground site???While this is a beautiful pack-in, primitive site, it doesn't fit with your description. Before camping, take a hike on Nat. Forest Trail 742, without gear. After you've scoped the area, come back and stay. Even on Labor Day Weekend ('06) there were several campsites available in this dispersed camp area.... |
Frying Pan Lake
 | 19 miles away No fish here. At least no fish jumping. Probably winter kills as Google Earth show this lake very low by late summer.... |
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