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Tips for Walkers
Tour length: 214 miles (344 km),
including all turnoffs.
Starting point: Oregon SR 350,
8 miles (13 km) east of Joseph.
When to go: Summer months
Salmon River only. Some roads are not suitable
for every type of vehicle. For
information, call the area’s visitor
center at (541) 426-5546.
Stopping off points: Picnic areas
are widely available. Imnaha
3 Imnaha River offers restaurants and lodging.
A road from the town of
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Imnaha follows this frothy river
through a pine-scented valley,
isolated ranches, and a fish
weir where Chinook salmon, 4 Hat Point Road
having migrated from the
Pacific Ocean, can be seen A steep, dizzying, 23-mile
Pittsburg swimming upstream. (37-km) gravel road takes
Landing visitors up to Hat Point,
located at an elevation
of 7,000 ft (2,100 m).
Imnaha Key
Snake River Tour route
Other road 0 kilometers 10
0 miles 10

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Imnaha River Road Seven Devils

Mountains
Big Sheep Creek

Hells Canyon
Dam

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5 Wild and Scenic River
A 31.5-mile (50.5-km) stretch
of the Snake River, from Hells
Big Bar
Canyon Dam to Upper Pittsburg
Landing, is designated a Wild
River. Experienced guides pilot
North Pine Creek tures, bears, rattlesnakes, poison
rafters over the many stretches
of rapids, but searing tempera-
Copperfield Oxbow ivy, and generally inhospitable
terrain discourage
Dam
overland treks.
Baker City
A boat negotiating rapids on the Snake River

For keys to symbols see back flap

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