Welcome to the northern gateway into the Blues. This campground is located just off of Forest Service Road 40, which is just three miles into the Blue Mountains. Overgrown trees and tall Alder shrubbery will provide plenty of shade for Grouse, White- Tailed deer and yourself on hot summer days. Hiking trails are within five miles and the Clearwater Guard station is six miles from the Alder Thicket Campground.

So you want to play in the snow! Andies Prairie is the only designated sledding and winter camping area in the Blue Mountains. This sledding area is located in a rock pit which has been shaped to provide sledding runs. Motorized vehicles are not allowed in the sledding or snow camping area from December 1 through April 1.  Your safety is everyone’s concern. It is up to you to make sure you have a safe and…

This road is open to about 1 mile before the Mt. Misery area.   This road begins at Misery Spring and ends at the forest boundary near the Cloverland Sno-Park. Spectacular views from the road looking into the Wallowa Mountains, and into the Wenatchee drainage.  During the summer months you may encounter mushroom and huckleberry pickers as this is a popular area for those activities. As of…

The Aspen Grove Interpretive Site offers visitors a look at Aspen conservation and resoration management practices.  The grove is fenced with an interpretive sign.

Provides access to: Basin Creek Trail #3006 which enters North Fork John Day Wilderness and ends after 1.3 miles at it's junction with Glade Creek Trail #3014.…

Battle Creek Trailhead provides access to Battle Creek Trail #3004. A large parking lot will support up to six truck/trailer combinations. Just east of the parking lot is Forest Road 1010130. To reach the trail, travel down Forest Road 1010130 for a little over one mile. At that point the road turns into the trail and shortly thereafter forks with Welch Creek Trail heading west (right) and the Battle Creek Trail…

This campground offers a pleasant experience among the pines adjacent to State Highway 244.  It features 8 campsties, including 1 accessible site and 2 accessible vault toilets.  There is no potable water or garbage service, so please dispose of your garbage at home.  Attractions in this area include hunting, bird watching, photo opportunities, and a 1/4-mile-long,…

Big Creek Campground is small and increasingly popular with OHV recreationists, located just off the Blue Mountain Scenic Byway.  It also provides access into the North Fork John Day Wilderness and there is ample parking for truck and stock trailers at the trailhead. It is set in a riparian area, so surrounding areas can be quite wet well into June.  It features 3 campsites and an accessible…

Looking for a nice cool break from that summer heat? This campground is the coolest campground in the area during hot summer days. Hunting and hiking opportunities are in a close proximity of Big Springs. There are five trailer and five tent sites, one vault toilet and a few picnic tables available for day use. 

The Blue Mountain Byway East Interpretive Site is located on Forest Road  73 at the east end portal to the Blue Mountain Scenic Byway and it's junction with the Elkhorn Scenic Byway.  The interpretive site is just south of the North Fork John Day Campground.  A picnic table is set below the kiosk in the trees for day use.

day use site

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, Oregon. This scenic byway covers 130 miles of paved, two-lane road, crossing Morrow and…

Perched high atop the Blue Mountains in southeast Washington, Ski Bluewood occupies the second-highest base elevation in the state (4,450 feet). The Blue Mountains rise out of a high-desert region, which provides clear skies and cold, smoke powder which brings an average annual snowfall of over 300 inches.  Ski Bluewood is known for having some of the best snow in the state as well as memorable tree…

Provides access to: Buck Creek Trail #3073, Buck Mountain-Buck Rim Trail #3075 and Nine Mile Ridge Trail #3072 which enter…

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 moderate-sized campground is located adjacent to a 28- acre lake, Bull Prairie Lake (stocked annually with trout). There are family-friendly and wheelchair accessible paved paths along the lake that are designed for people who…

This trail begins with at the junction with trail South Fork Walla Walla Trail #3225 and ends at Burnt Cabin Trailhead. The trail provides access to hunting, fishing, camping, and backpacking. The trail is open to hikers, horseback riders, mountain bikers and motorcyclists. Users can expect heavy motorcycle use…

Clearwater Big House Cabin is neatly placed on a gently rolling slope in a clearing planted with a younger generation of Christmas trees in the area. The Cabin's location may give the feel of being a winter chalet hideaway, even during the warmest months of the summer. This two-story comfort cabin lives up to its name. Expansively, with 868 square feet of living space on the first floor, and another 336 square feet…

Clearwater Lookout Cabin offers uncluttered views of this great expanse from sunrise to the golden glow of sunset. The rugged landscape of the Wenaha-Tucannon Wilderness stretches across the Northern Blue Mountains of southeastern Washington and northeastern Oregon. The mountain slopes are carpeted with bunchgrass, higher elevation lodgepole pine, and subalpine fir. The land also supports a vast variety of wildlife…

This road is open for wheeled traffic.  This road is closed from Dec. 1 thru March 31 for snow mobile trail grooming, not accessible by wheeled vehicles until the snow melts.  This trail begins at Cloverland Snowpark and ends at the junction of Wenatchee and Big Butte. These trails are well maintained (snow allowing) for snowmobilers, cross-country skiing, and other winter recreationalists. The trail is…

This sno-park is great for skiing and snowshoeing when the snow level cooperates. Cloverland Sno-Park in the winter, requires a Washington State sno park pass. The park is also open in the summer months for a rest stop, with a vault toilet provided. A map of the area can be found here.

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, offering a 7.5 mile-long loop experience for hikers and equestrians. Once inside the campground's large parking area, there is an information board on the northeast side. Past the information board runs the Bald Mountain hiking…

Columbia Interpretive Site

Provides access to: Corp/Buck Tie Trail #3076 which connects with North Fork Umatilla Wilderness via Lick Creek Trail #3070. Directions: Approximately 33 Miles east of Pendleton,…

Provides upper access to: North Fork Umatilla River Trail #3083 within North Fork Umatilla Wilderness. Directions: From Tollgate, OR (approximately 45 miles southeast of Walla Walla, Washington)  take Highway 204 west for about 5…

Provides access to: Crane Creek Trail #3011 and North Crane Trail #3171 which access North Fork John Day Wilderness. Directions: From Granite, OR take Forest Road 73…

Provides access to: Cross Canyon Trail #3242 and Grizzly Bear Ridge Trail #3103 which access …

Provides access to: Mt Misery Trail #3113, Melton Creek Trail #3124 that both access Wenaha-Tucannon…

Divide Well Campground is a remote site with a rustic look.  It is situated in an meadow with scattered ponderosa pine and denser fir along the campground edges. Divide Well is a popular spot for elk hunters, but little used through the rest of the season.   It features 11 campsties and two accessible vault toilets.  There is no potable water or garbage…