Camping in Eastern Oregon (Baker City, Enterprise: RV park, buy, gated community)

[1208]

Question for anyone who can help...

If you wanted to go camping in the desert in Eastern Oregon, not just at a campground, but instead in the WILD, and if you wanted warm but not unbearable weather, and if you wanted an area with good game and fishing, where would you choose to go? And would late spring be a good time to go there?


thanks!

[BLAZER PROPHET]

Gee, I dunno. It snowed on me last week in LaPine a few times. Generally, for good game & food you're going to be around parks or people.

[Terryj]

Late spring in Eastern Oregon can be rather chilly, it not to uncommon to see snow fall into May depending on where you go. Most of the public lands in Eastern Oregon are under the BLM, you can check there web site for areas of interest to you. Home | Oregon/Washington | Bureau of Land Management (BLM) | US Department of the Interior

[Cornerguy1]

Originally Posted by Terryj

Late spring in Eastern Oregon can be rather chilly, it not to uncommon to see snow fall into May depending on where you go. Most of the public lands in Eastern Oregon are under the BLM, you can check there web site for areas of interest to you. Home | Oregon/Washington | Bureau of Land Management (BLM) | US Department of the Interior

Good points, Terryj.

If I was panning a spring camping trip out in the desert, I wouldn't be planning on accessing any of the higher elevation trails cuz many are still closed by snow.

[sgeberth]

We presently own a "spot" in a gated community that is for RV'ing. You can build aditional structures onto your RV, but you can't live there year around (at least the one in Oklahoma).

We are looking for a RV gated community in Oregon, but not having too much luck trying to come up with the key words for Google. Anyone aware of such a place in Oregon, you more/less buy your lot for 99 years. Thanks

[Hawk J]

Originally Posted by sgeberth

We presently own a "spot" in a gated community that is for RV'ing. You can build aditional structures onto your RV, but you can't live there year around (at least the one in Oklahoma).

We are looking for a RV gated community in Oregon, but not having too much luck trying to come up with the key words for Google. Anyone aware of such a place in Oregon, you more/less buy your lot for 99 years. Thanks

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I remember when Osprey opened up & were selling lots. I don't know much about it but it seems mighty expensive to me..................


Best of Luck in yer Search................

[skinem]

Eastern Oregon late spring? Could still get snowed on depending upon elevation and some places may still not be open due to snowpack.

But, places I used to love going--Steens Mountain, SE Oregon. About as remote as you can be in the lower 48. Wild horses, lakes, rivers, hot springs, salt flats, great area. Great fishing around Malheur and Alvord before it gets too hot.

Strawberry Mountain wilderness. Great lake, mountain peaks, diverse bio-zones--not too far out of John Day.

Painted Hills--surreal landscape. Again, not too far out of John Day.

Eagle Cap Wilderness--GREAT alpine lakes area, beautiful peaks, wettest area of eastern Oregon, but compared to westside, it's dry, dry. North of Baker, Wallowa/Enterprise/Joseph/Lostine area.

Hell's Canyon. Deepest gorge in North America. Yep, deeper than the Grand Canyon. Low altitude makes for little snow, some winters nearly none.

If you have any specific questions, pm me. If I don't know the answer I can either find out or point you in the right direction.

[ACTS Mom]

My husband and I had stopped in Baker City (at an RV park) and just went driving around some of the out of the way roads -- some forest roads -- and saw beautiful country. We saw people who had camped on rivers, but obviously it's primitive camping. The roads were good though and you can always enjoy the trip to the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center. And downtown Baker City is like a postcard of the late 1800s, early 1900s. I found this:

"The Wallowa-Whitman National Forest is huge - extending over 2,383,159 acres in northeastern Oregon and western Idaho. The terrain is incredibly varied, ranging in elevation from 875 to 9,845 feet. Plants flourish in environments that range from desert-like in the Hells Canyon countryside to alpine areas at Eagle Cap Wilderness. Wildlife includes many big-game species and includes a total of more than 350 species. Sheep and cattle browse on some 1,868,000 acres of the forest land."
Location1550 Dewey Ave
Baker City Oregon 97814Phone541-523-6391

Wallowa-Whitman National Forest Baker City, Oregon (US Forest Service)