Recreation Region: Strawberry Mountain Wilderness

Pine Creek Trailhead

Current Conditions

Visitors should be prepared for rapidly changing weather conditions. Please remember that if you pack it in, please pack it out with you.

This trailhead provides access to Pine Creek Trail #201 within the Strawberry Mountain Wilderness. Ample parking at the trailhead. There are tie stalls for horses available, with stock water located approximately 1/2 mile away in drainage on east side of Baldy Mountain.

From this trailhead hikers and horse back riders can enjoy both single and multiday hiking experiences. All will enjoy traveling through stands of ponderosa pine, mixed vegetation and in spring and early summer beautiful wildflowers.

General Information

Open 24 hours/day

Wilderness Regulations apply. Motorized and mountain bike use prohibited.

No fees are required for this site

Malheur national forest supervisors office and blue mountain ranger district

Address: 431 Patterson Bridge Road John Day, OR 97845
Phone: (541) 575-3000
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. (Closed on federal holidays)
Office Email: SM.FS.malpubinfo@usda.gov

Getting There

Latitude / Longitude

Latitude: 44.355102

Longitude: -118.805309

Directions

From Prairie City, OR., go west approximately 6 miles on US Highway 26 to the junction with County Road 54 . Follow County Road 54, which becomes Forest Service road 5401. Follow Forest Service Road 5401 to the junction with Forest Service Road 811. Follow Forest Service Road 811 all the way to the trailhead.