WJMA Trail
- 1.1 mi
- loop
- 144 ft
- climb
- 6,304 ft
- high point
- Loop
- route
- May–Sep
- best months
The WJMA Trail is a short, easy loop on Bureau of Land Management land in Oregon's Burns Andrews Field Office, about 1.1 miles long and roughly 144 feet of elevation gain. It starts and ends at about 6,170 feet, with a high point of 6,304 feet and a low of 6,144 feet. The trail is a natural-surface loop, and the steepest stretch comes at about 0.8 miles in, with a 13% grade. Summer is the most comfortable time to go. Typical averages from a nearby weather station show July highs around 83°F and lows near 47°F, while winter highs stay in the low 40s. That station sits about 700 feet lower than the trail, so temperatures on the loop run a little cooler. The trip takes about half an hour. The Oregon Desert Trail lies about 4.4 miles away, and the Donner und Blitzen River offers canoeing about 4.8 miles off. Page Springs Campground and Jackman Park Campground are both within about 7 miles.
Local outfitters
- Steens Mountain Wilderness Resort7 mi away
Not on Roamze yet. Their page has how to reach them.
- Oregon Desert TrailHiking4.4 mi
Donner und Blitzen RiverCanoeingPhoto: Bureau of Land Management, Public domain (via Wikimedia Commons)4.8 mi
Blitzen River TrailHikingPhoto: nickavarvel, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)6.5 mi- Wilderness TrailHikingPhoto: nickavarvel, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)6.6 mi
- Levi Brinkley TrailHiking6.6 mi
- Page Springs CampgroundCamping6.7 mi
Jackman Park CampgroundCampingPhoto: Recreation.gov (RIDB) / public domain7.1 mi- South Steens CampgroundCamping7.9 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
- Blitzen River TrailHiking · ~11 min drivePhoto: nickavarvel, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)
- Wilderness TrailHiking · ~11 min drivePhoto: nickavarvel, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)
- Oregon Desert TrailHiking · ~7 min drive
- Little Blitzen TrailHiking · ~12 min drive
Wildhorse Lake TrailHiking · ~21 min drivePhoto: lamblukas, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)- Steens Summit TrailHiking · ~21 min drivePhoto: lamblukas, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)
- Big Indian TrailHiking · ~17 min drive
- Nye TrailHiking · ~12 min drive
- Levi Brinkley TrailHiking · ~11 min drive
- Mud Creek-Ankle Creek TrailHiking · ~21 min drive
Best time to visit WJMA Trail
Best months: May–September. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
41° / 22°
Feb
42° / 21°
Mar
48° / 25°
Apr
53° / 28°
May
62° / 35°
Jun
72° / 40°
Jul
83° / 47°
Aug
82° / 46°
Sep
74° / 39°
Oct
61° / 31°
Nov
47° / 24°
Dec
39° / 19°
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Hart Mtn Refuge, OR, 48.9 mi away at 5,618 ft. The station sits about 700 ft lower than this place, so expect it a little cooler here. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
