Day Hiking

Day Hiking Areas

• Blue Mtns North/Grande Ronde River Basin Area

  The Blue Mountain North/Grande Ronde River Basin Area is situated north of the Anthony Lakes Highway (Forest Road 73) to the Mount Emily area. It includes all of the developed recreation sites and trails in the northern Blue Mountains and those found in the Grande Ronde River Basin west of La Grande, Oregon. This area is mainly administered by the La Grande Ranger District although some of the area north of the Anthony Lakes Highway is administered by the Whitman Ranger District.

  Popular recreation areas include the Oregon Trail Interpretive Park at Blue Mountain Crossing, Mt. Emily, Spring Creek Recreation Area, Ladd Canyon, and Beaver Creek.

  Local communities that have a variety of services (i.e. fuel, lodging, stores and/or restaurants) are LaGrande, Island City, Elgin, Imbler, Cove, Richland, and Baker City .  These communities are within one hour of this area. 

• Bird Track Interpretive Site
• Oregon Trail Interpretive Park at Blue Mt Crossing

  Experience the Oregon Trail as the pioneers did! Some of the best-preserved traces of the Historic Oregon Trail await you on this forested ridge. Walk among stately Ponderosa pines that still bear the scars made by passing wagons over 150 years ago. Meander on a gentle footpath next to wagon-wide depressions. Enjoy the sweeping view that met the emigrant’s eyes so long ago. Choose a Discovery Trail and literally walk in the footsteps of the pioneers.
   

  The Oregon Trail Interpretive Park at Blue Mountain Crossing is a combination interpretive trail and picnic area. Facilities include large parking areas, paved accessible trails, drinking water restrooms and interpretation panels. Living history re-enactments are periodically available on holidays. The site may be staffed on weekends or holidays.

• Oregon Trail Interpretive Park Trailhead
• Sawtooth Crater
• Woodley Rocks
• Eagle Cap Wilderness
• Hells Canyon - Oregon/Wallowa Valley

  The Hells Canyon National Recreation Area (HCNRA) straddles both sides of the Snake River in both Oregon and Idaho. The recreation sites and trails in this section are all found away from the Wild and Scenic Snake River in the Oregon uplands, and in other forest lands near the Wallowa Valley. All other upland sites and all trails in the Hells Canyon NRA - Snake River, or Hells Canyon NRA - Idaho are found in those recreation area sections.

  Popular recreation areas include the Hells Canyon Wilderness (Oregon), Hat Point, Hells Canyon Overlook, Imnaha Wild and Scenic River and adjacent campgrounds, and Lord Flat. 

  Local Oregon communities that have a variety of services (i.e. fuel, lodging, stores and/or restaurants) are Enterprise, Joseph, Imnaha, Halfway, and Pine Creek.  These communities are within one hour of the recreation area.

• Buck Creek NRA Trailhead
• Bucks Crossing Trailhead
• Chico Trailhead
• Cow Creek Trailhead
• Freezeout Trailhead
• Frog Pond Trailhead
• Hat Point Overlook and Day Use Area
• Hat Point Trailhead
• Hidden Campground
• Lake Fork Creek Trailhead
• Lick Creek Trailhead
• Nez Perce National Historic Trail #1727
• PO Saddle Trailhead
• Snake River Trail #1726
• Tenderfoot Trailhead
• Twin Lakes Campground
• Twin Lakes HCNRA Trailhead
• Warnock Corrals Trailhead
• Western Rim National Recreation Trail #1774
• Hells Canyon National Recreation Area - Idaho

  The Hells Canyon National Recreation Area (HCNRA) straddles both sides of the Snake River in Oregon and Idaho. This Hells Canyon National Recreation Area - Idaho section includes all developed recreation sites and trails that are all located away from the Wild and Scenic Snake River in the Idaho uplands. All other upland sites and all trails in the Hells Canyon NRA - Snake River, or Hells Canyon NRA - Oregon are found in those recreation area sections.

  Popular recreation areas include the Hells Canyon Wilderness (Seven Devil mountain range), Black Lake, Heavens Gate Lookout, Windy Saddle, and Seven Devils recreation area. 

  Local Idaho communities that have a variety of services (i.e. fuel, lodging, stores and/or restaurants) are Riggins, Grangeville, Whitebird, Council, and Cambridge.  These communities are within one hour of this area.  

• Black Lake Campground
• Cold Springs Trailhead
• Heaven's Gate National Recreation Trail #73
• Heaven's Gate Trailhead
• Low Saddle Trailhead
• Sawpit Saddle Viewpoint
• Seven Devils Campground
• Windy Saddle Horse Camp
• Windy Saddle Trailhead
• Hells Canyon National Recreation Area- Snake River

  The Hells Canyon National Recreation Area (HCNRA) straddles both sides of the Snake River in both Oregon and Idaho. The recreation sites listed below (boat launches, campgrounds, interpretive sites, historic ranches) in this recreation section are found within 1/4 mile of the Wild and Scenic Snake River.  All other upland sites and all trails along the Snake River for both Oregon and Idaho are found in the Hells Canyon NRA- Oregon, or Hells Canyon NRA - Idaho recreation area sections.

  Popular recreation areas include the Hells Canyon Creek Visitor Center and Hells Canyon Boat Launch, Kirkwood Historic Ranch, Pittburgs Landing Boat Launch, Pittburg Campground, and Cache Creek Ranch. 

  Local Oregon, Idaho and Washington communities that have a variety of services (i.e. fuel, loding, stores and/or restaurants) are Riggins, Lewiston, Grangeville, Whitebird, and Lucille, Idaho; and Imnaha and Pine Creek, Oregon; and Clarkston and Asotin, Washington. These communities are within one hour of the recreation area.

• Dug Bar Trailhead and Boat Launch
• Hells Canyon Creek Visitor Center
• Kirkwood Ranch
• Snake River National Recreation Trail #102
• Snake River Trailhead
• Upper Pittsburg Landing Picnic Area
• Hells Canyon Wilderness
• Monument Rock Wilderness: Wallowa-Whitman
• North Fork John Day Wilderness: Wallowa-Whitman
• Southern Elkhorn Mtn/Powder River Basin Area

  The Southern Elkhorn Mountain/Powder River Basin recreation area is located south of the Anthony Lakes Highway (Forest Road 73) to the Monument Rock Wilderness area. It includes all of the developed recreation sites and trails in the Blue and Elkhorn Mountains generally west of Baker City and Unity, Oregon.

  Popular recreation areas include Anthony Lakes, Phillips Lake, North Fork John Day Wilderness (Baldy Unit), the Elkhorn Scenic Byway, the North Fork John Day River, the North Powder Wild and Scenic River, Dooley Mountain, Monument Rock Wilderness, the North and South Forks of Burnt River, the campgrounds along Highway 26, and Camp Creek. It also includes parts of the old Baker and Unity Ranger Districts that have been incorporated into the Whitman Ranger District.

  Local communities that have a variety of services (i.e. fuel, lodging, stores and/or restaurants) are Baker City, Sumpter, Granite, Unity, Greenhorn and Haines. These communities are within one hour of the recreation area.

• Amelia Creek Trailhead
• Anthony Lake Campground
• Anthony Lake Shoreline Trail #1605
• Anthony Lake Tent Campground
• Anthony Lakes Guard Station
• Anthony Lakes Picnic Area
• Baldy Creek Trailhead
• Baldy Lake Trailhead
• Black Lake Trail #1600
• Bull Run Trailhead
• Crawfish Basin Trailhead
• Crawfish Creek Trailhead
• Crawfish Lake Trail #1606
• Dean Creek Trailhead
• Dutch Flat Trailhead
• Elkhorn Crest National Recreation Trail #1611
• Elkhorn Crest Trailhead
• Grande Ronde Lake Campground
• Indian Rock Trail #1648
• Killamacue Trailhead
• Marble Pass Trailhead
• Mason Dam Boat Launch
• Millers Lane Campground
• Mowich Loop Picnic Area
• Peavy Cabin
• Peavy Trailhead
• Phillips Lake North Shoreline Trail #1608
• Phillips Lake South Shoreline Trail #1610
• Phillips Lake Southern Bike & XC Ski Trails
• Powder River Interpretive Trail #1613
• Powder River Trailhead
• Rock Creek Lake Trailhead
• Social Security Point Trailhead
• Southeast Shore Phillips Lake Trailhead
• Southwest Shore Campground
• Summit Lake Trailhead
• Table Rock North Trailhead
• Twin Lakes Trailhead
• Union Creek Campground
• Union Creek Picnic Area
• Upper Crawfish Lake Trailhead
• Van Patten Lake Trail #1634
• Van Patten Lake Trailhead
• Wetmore Campground
• Yellow Pine Campground
• Wallowa Mtns/Eagle Cap Area

  The Wallowa Mountains/Eagle Cap Area is located in the center of the Wallowa Mountains west of Enterprise, east of LaGrande, Oregon, and north of Halfway, Oregon.  This area includes developed recreation sites and trails for the Eagle Cap Wilderness, the Pine area of the Whitman Ranger District and the east side of the La Grande Ranger District.

  Popular recreation areas include the Eagle Cap Wilderness, Lostine River Canyon, Hurricane Creek, Reds Horse Ranch, the Lakes Basin, Wallowa Lake Tram, Moss Springs, Catherine Creek, West and East Eagle, Fish Lake, Cornucopia, Clear Creek and 4 wild and scenic rivers: Lostine, Minam, Imnaha, Eagle Creek. 

  Local communities that have a variety of services (i.e. fuel, lodging, stores and/or restaurants) are Enterprise, Joseph, Lostine, Wallowa, LaGrande, Island City, Elgin, Cove, Halfway, Richland, Baker City .  These communities are within one hour of this area.  

• Bear Creek Trailhead
• Bear Wallow Trailhead
• Bowman-Francis Lake Trailhead
• Buck Creek Forest Camp and Trailhead
• Clear Creek Trailhead
• Cornucopia Trailhead
• Cougar Ridge Trailhead
• Deadman Canyon Trailhead
• Eagle Forks Trailhead
• East Eagle Trailhead
• Fish Lake Campground
• French Camp Picnic Area
• Gold King Trailhead
• High Wallowa Loop National Recreation Trail #1813
• Horse Lake Trailhead
• Huckleberry Trailhead
• Hurricane Creek Trailhead
• Indian Crossing Campground
• Indian Crossing Trailhead
• Lake Fork West Trailhead
• Little Kettle Creek Trailhead
• Main Eagle Trailhead
• Maxwell Lake Trailhead
• McCully Trailhead
• Moss Springs Campground
• Moss Springs Trailhead
• North Fork Catherine Creek Trailhead
• Rock Springs Trailhead
• Shady Campground
• Sugarloaf Trailhead
• Summit Point Trailhead
• Two Color Guard Station
• Two Pan Campground
• Two Pan Trailhead
• Wallowa Lake Trailhead
• West Eagle Meadow Campground
• West Eagle Meadows Trailhead