Heppner Ranger District
The Heppner Ranger District is located in Heppner, Oregon. The District embraces 212,213 acres of the beautiful Blue Mountains, which includes portions of Grant, Morrow, Umatilla, and Wheeler Counties. There are approximately 500 miles of open roads to travel on, 27 miles of trails to hike, and 248 miles of streams that flow into 3 major rivers within Eastern Oregon.
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Alder Creek Trail #3051
The trail begins just past the berm closing Forest Service Road 21-140 on Alder Creek and ends at its connection with the Copple Butte Trail #3052.
Bald Mountain Trail #3058
Bald Mountain Trail begins at Coalmine Hill, Day Use Area off of Willow Creek Road (County Road 678) and ends in the saddle between Little Bald Mountain and Bald Mountain. For added convenience,…
Blue Mountain Byway West Interpretive Site
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Blue Mountain Scenic Byway
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The Blue Mountain Scenic Byway, designated in 1989 under the National Scenic Byway Program, allows east-west travelers an alternative route between the Columbia River near Arlington and Baker City,…
Bull Prairie Lake Campground
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Bull Prairie has been a gem to the local community and is considered a beautiful woodsy place to enjoy a vacation, host family reunions or social events, and to extensively recreate. This…
Bull Prairie Lake Trail #3056
The Bull Prairie paved trail circles Bull Prairie Lake and campground areas. The trail offers a number of places to fish at including three floating docks, and several benches and picnic tables.…
Coalmine Hill Campground
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Coalmine Hill is just off the paved Blue Mountain Scenic Byway (also called the Western Route). The Campground serves as access to the Bald Mountain, Hells Half Acre, and Willow Creek trails,…
Columbia Interpretive Site
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Columbia Interpretive Site
Copple Butte Trail #3052
Copple Butte Trail begins off of Forest Service Road 53-5350 and ends at Madison Butte.
Ditch Creek Guard Station
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A pole fence encircles the large yard and a forest of pine hugs the perimeter of Ditch Creek Guard Station. Nearby is a small corral with trough to contain recreational stock animals. Not much has…