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Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, July 6, 2016
JULY 2016
The pull of electronic games and social media is overwhelming, and at times, it seems impossible to get your family (and
yourself) to look up from your phone to enjoy quality time with your loved ones. Add to that the importance of staying active,
and it can seem like quite the mountain to climb. Luckily, summer offers several opportunities to have fun with your family,
while also getting everyone moving and active. As an added bonus, you’ll get quality bonding time and create memories
with your brothers, sisters, kids and/ or spouse—something you’ll appreciate now and in the years to come.
So pry away the phones and game controllers, grab your family, and get out of your house to try these summer activities for
family fun…
HIKING
An easy and wallet-friendly way to get out of the house and have fun with your family is to go hiking. Head to your local
trails or forested park and spend the morning or afternoon hiking. Your whole family will get some much-needed cardio
exercise, and at the same time, enjoy nature and its refreshing effects. Pack a simple picnic of sandwiches, fruit and water,
and bring a bug, bird, plant or animal guide to identify things you come across on the hike—this is especially fun and
educational for children.
Local Trails
For more information on trails: www.gcoregonlive.com
Malheur Nation Forest (541) 575-3000 or Prairie City Ranger District (541) 820-3800
Arch Rock Trail - 0.3 miles in length. Trailhead at the junction of Forest Service Road 3650-428 Classification: Easy
Joaquin Miller Trail - 0.6 miles in length. Trailhead is located on Forest Service Road 6510 Classification: Difficult
Malheur Rail Trail - 12.5 miles in length. Trailhead is located on Forest Service Road 1600097 Classification: Difficult
Malheur River Trail - 7.6 miles in length. Trailhead is located at the end of the 142 road Classification: Difficult
North Fork Malheur Trail - 12.4 miles in length. Trailhead is located 3 miles up Forest Service Road 1675 Classification:
Easy
Road’s End Trail - 1.5 miles in length. Trailhead located 11 miles up Forest Service Road 1640 Classification: Easy
Strawberry Wilderness Trailhead - Located 11 miles N. Prairie City on Forest Service Road 6001 Classification: Easy to
Moderate
SWIMMING
Whether it’s a pool, pond, or beach, swimming is an ideal way to fit in fun exercise. Swimming has many benefits, from
improving flexibility and increasing muscle tone to strengthening the heart and relieving stress. As a family, depending on
where you’re swimming, you can play a lot of games in the water. In the pool, you can dive for items or race with laps. At a
beach or somewhere that you can stand, you can play catch with a water ball, Frisbee, or football. If a beach has waves,
jumping in them, trying to balance on a raft, or simply staying upright is fun and active for everyone. Of course, children
should be supervised and have life jackets when appropriate.
John Day Canyon City Parks and Recreation
Gleason Pool
541-575-9930
The following website lists information for Gleason Pool, Football, Volleyball, Soccer, Basketball, Baseball and the Daddy
Daughter Dance. jdccparksandrec@weebly.com
MUSEUMS & MONUMENTS
John Day Fossil Beds National Monument
Dewitt Museum at Depot Park
(541) 987-2333
32651 HWY 19
Kimberly, OR 97848
www.nps.gov/joda
A host of activities available: the museum at Sheep
Rock, trails at the Painted Hills or viewing plant fossils in
the ground at the Clarno unit by Fossil. Trails available.
Open daily, year round, except Federal holidays,
between Thanksgiving and Presidents Day.
(541) 820-3605 or (541) 820-3330
425 South Main St
Prairie City, OR 97869
Built in 1920 and once the western terminal for the
Sumpter Valley Railroad, houses 10 rooms of pioneer
memorabilia from Grant County’s early days.
Open: Mid May-Mid October
Wed-Sun 10:00 to 5:00pm
Admission: $3.00 / Children 9 and under free
Grant County Genealogical Society
(541) 575-2757 or (541) 932-4718
281 W. Main
John Day, OR 97845
The Grant County Genealogical Society has a research
center in the old parsonage building behind the Historic
Advent Church on West Main Street. Information is
available at the Research Center including cemetery
books, obituaries, marriages, births, old atlases and local
family histories.
Open: 1:00pm to 4:00pm Thursday-Friday and 10:00am
to 4:00pm Saturdays and by appointment
Grant County Historical Museum
Admission: Free
Kam Wah Chung Heritage Site & Museum
Oregon Parks & Recreation
(541) 575-2800
125 NW Canton
John Day, OR 97845
www.oregonstateparks.org/park_8.php
Once it was a general store, a doctor’s office, a post
office, a library and a center of Chinese social and
religious life, now it is a State Heritage site and
museum–one of the most unusual you will find anywhere.
Open: May 1-October 31
7 days a week from 9:00am-5:00pm
Tours start at the top of each hour.
Admission: Free, Children must be accompanied by an
adult.
(541) 575-0362
101 S Canyon Blvd
Canyon City, OR 97820
The museum exhibits include a focus on the lives of the
pioneers who first came to the area, the Joaquin Miller
Cabin and the jail from the town of Greenhorn.
Open: May 1- September 30
Monday-Saturday 9:00am to 4:30pm
Admission: Adults $4.00 / Children 7-17 years $2.00
Seniors $3.50 / Children 6 and under free
FISHING
Magone Lake
Grant County Ranch & Rodeo Museum
Lakes/Ponds
(541) 820-3624 or (541) 575-0747
241 E Main St
John Day, OR 97820
This museum captures the legacy of American cowboys,
past and present. The entire museum collection of
photos, tools and literature chronicles cowboy lifestyle in
the best and the worst of times.
Open: May 1-September 30
Thursday-Saturdays 10 am to 4 pm
Admission: Adults $3.00 / Children under 7 free
Bull Prairie Reservoir
26 miles N of John Day on
Forest road 3620 Camping
Fee $13
Long Creek Historical Society
(541) 421-3621
Long Creek, OR 97856
The Long Creek Historical Society is a nonprofit
corporation, striving to relocate the fort built by settlers
during the Bannock Indian War of 1878, and build a
permanent interpretive center.
10 miles N of Spray on
Highway 204
Cavender Reservoir
Elk Creek
25 miles SE of Prairie City
on forest Road 16. No Fee
Frazier
20 miles SW of Dayville
on Forest Road 5800-500.
Fee $10
Lone Pine
1.5 miles NE of Kimberly
on co. road 402. Fee $8
Magone Lake
26 miles N of John Day on
forest Road 3620. Fee
$13
Middle Fork
Nine miles NW of Austin
Junction on Co. Road 20.
Fee $8
Murray
21 miles E of Seneca on
Forest Road 924. Fee $8
North Fork Malheur
29 miles SE of Prairie City
on forest road 1675. No
Fee
East of Prairie City
1
Olive Lake
Holliday Park Pond
26 miles SE of Dale on Forest
Road 10
⁄ 2 mile W of Monument
⁄ 2 mile W of Mt. Vernon
1
Long Creek Pond
Four miles W of Long Creek
CAMPING
Big Bend
3 miles NE of Kimberly on
Hwy 19. Fee $5
Big Creek
21 miles E of Seneca on
forest road 815. Fee $8
Billy Fields
20 miles SW of John Day
on forest Road 21. No Fee
Canyon Meadows
20 miles SE of John Day
on forest Road 1520. Fee
$8
Crescent
17 miles SE of Prairie City
on Co. Road 62.
Deerhorn
Four miles NW of Austin
Junction on Co. Road 20.
Fee $8
Dixie
Eight miles NE of Prairie
City on U.S. Hwy 26. Fee
$8
McHaley Pond
Prairie City Trout Farm
Pond
14 miles SE of Prairie City on
County Road 62
CCS
Changing Lives
NO COST SCREENING
High Quality Services Include:
Mental Health
Alcohol and Drug
Developmental Disability
528 E. Main • John Day • 541-575-1466
Oregon Mine
26 miles SW of John Day
on forest Road 2170. No
Fee
Parish Cabin
11 miles E of Seneca on
Forest Road 1520. Fee $8
Slide Creek
Nine miles S of Prairie city
on Forest Road 6001. No
Fee
Starr
16 miles S of John Day on
Hwy 395. Fee $6
Strawberry
11 miles S of Prairie City
on Forest Road 6001. Fee
$8
Trout Farm
15 miles SE of Prairie City
on Co. Road 6001. Fee $8
Wickiup
18 miles S.E. of John Day
on Forest road 15. Fee $8
Local Information was taken from the Grant County Healthy Living Resource Guide - PRINTED JANUARY 2014
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