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Blue Mountain Eagle
Strawberry Mountain closures *
The Canyon Creek Complex burned more than 110,000 acres in and around the
Strawberry Mountain WIlderness last fire season. Although most of the area
is now open, some roads and a campground remain closed.
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This is one of several waterways that cross Forest
Road 16 in Logan Valley.
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burn. The end of the road is a
short drive south from Prai-
rie City on County Road 60
about 9 miles to Slide Creek
Campground, which has three
tent/trailer sites with stream
water, and 2 more miles on
to Strawberry Campground,
which has 10 sites and piped
water.
The lake, however, cannot
be reached by vehicle. You’ll
have to hike in about a mile
uphill from the campground
to reach the lake and about an-
other to mile to reach Straw-
berry Falls, but it’s worth it.
The area offers fi shing
and even more hiking oppor-
tunities, as the hiking trail is
connected to a trail system
that traverses the wilderness
area, though the trails to the
west quickly encounter the
fi re boundary.
Wickiup Campground
If you start the loop
around the wilderness area
heading south from John
Day, you’ll drive through
the fire boundary on High-
way 395 and County Road
65, which becomes For-
est Road 15 near Wickiup
Campground, the first you’ll
encounter on the west side of
the loop.
The campground, which
has four picnic sites and
seven tent/trailer sites and
stream water from Canyon
Creek, is open, but For-
est Road 1516 just beyond
the campground remains
closed.
The Eagle/Sean Hart
Canyon Creek at Wickiup Campground on Forest
Road 15.
The Eagle/Sean Hart
An information station at Big Creek Campground shows nearby mountain
biking trails.
Parish Cabin
Continuing southeast on
Forest Road 15, you will
soon leave the fi re boundary
and come upon Parish Cabin
Campground near the inter-
section with Forest Road 16.
The campground features one
picnic site and 19 tent/trailer
sites with piped water.
Road’s End Trailhead
About two miles east of
Parish Cabin on Forest Road
16, you will come upon signs
pointing north to Road’s End
Trailhead on Forest Road
1640, which travels back into
the burned area to several
trailheads at the boundary
of the wilderness area. As
the name suggests, however,
you’ll have to leave your ve-
hicle there if you plan to hike
into Strawberry Lake from the
south side of the wilderness.
Murray Campground
Continuing east on Forest
Road 16, you will enter Lo-
gan Valley. Roughly 6 miles
east of Parish Cabin, you will
encounter Forest Road 924,
which travels north about 2
miles to Lake Creek Youth
Camp, a private group com-
pound (call 541-575-2153 for
availability and prices), and
about another mile to Murray
Campground.
Lake Creek fl ows right be-
side the campground, which
features fi ve tent/trailer sites
and piped water.
Big Creek Campground
About 1.5 miles east of the
turnoff for Lake Creek camp,
you will encounter the turnoff
for Big Creek Campground,
which is less than a mile from
Forest Road 16 on Forest
Road 815.
Big Creek Campground
has 15 tent/trailer sites and
piped water. An information
station at the campground
entrance points out mountain
biking trails, and Big Creek
runs right beside the camp-
ground.
Crescent Campground
If you follow Forest Road
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16 east out of Logan Valley to
its intersection with County
Road 62 at Summit Prairie,
you can travel the county road
north to Prairie City.
About 6 miles north on
County Road 62, you will
encounter Crescent Camp-
ground, a minimally devel-
oped location with four tent/
trailer sites and stream water.
Trout Farm
Campground
North on County Road
62, about 2 miles from
Crescent Campground, you
will come to Trout Farm
Campground, which fea-
tures six picnic sites and six
tent/trailer sites and piped
water.
Continue north on the
county road, and you will
reach Prairie City. From
there, it’s a short drive west
on Highway 26 to John Day.
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