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Tips for Drivers
Tour length: 214 miles (345 km),
including all turnoffs.
Starting point: Oregon SR 350,
8 miles (13 km) east of Joseph.
Salmon River only. Some roads are not suitable
When to go: Summer months
for every type of vehicle. For
information, call the area’s Visitor
Center at (541) 426-5546.
Stopping-off points: Picnic
areas are abundant. Imnaha
3 Imnaha River offers restaurants and lodging.
A road from the town of Imnaha
follows this frothy river through a
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pine-scented valley, passing
isolated ranches and a fish weir
where Chinook salmon
can be seen swimming Key
upstream on their
Pittsburg annual migration from Tour route
Landing
the distant Pacific Ocean. Other road
4 Hat Point Road
Snake River A dizzying drive up a steep
Imnaha 23-mile (37-km) gravel road
leads to Hat Point, which is 0 kilometers 18
located at an altitude of 0 miles 14
7,000 ft (2,100 m).

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Imnaha River Road Seven Devils

Mountains
Big Sheep Creek

Hells
Canyon
Dam

5 Wild and Scenic River
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A 31.5-mile (50.5-km)
Big Bar stretch of the Snake River,
from Hells Canyon Dam to
Upper Pittsburg Landing,
is designated a Wild River.
Experienced guides pilot
rafters over the many
North Pine Creek Copperfield midsummer temperatures
stretches of rapids. Searing
Oxbow Dam
and inhospitable terrain,
as well as rattlesnakes and
an occasional patch of
poison ivy, make an
overland trek alongside the
Baker City A boat negotiating rapids on a trip on the Snake River river more challenging.
For keys to symbols see back flap

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