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.
Recreation Sites
Blue Mountain Byway West Interpretive Site
Site Open
day use site
Blue Mountain Scenic Byway
Site Open
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
Site Open
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…
Coalmine Hill Campground
Site Open
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
Site Open
Columbia Interpretive Site
Ditch Creek Guard Station
Site Open
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…
Fairview Campground
Site Open
Fairview Camp is drive-through loop off State Highway 207 offering five campsites and an accessible vault toilet. Two campsites directly across from the toilet are fully accessible. A free-flowing…
Ione Interpretive Site
Site Open
day-use site
Lexington Interpretive Site
Site Closed
day use site
Penland Lake Campground
Site Open
Fall asleep to the sound of crickets and frogs chirping and croaking and wake up to Blue Gill and Rainbow Trout jumping at the bit. This campground is set on the shore of Penland Lake, which also…