Hat Point
Posted by: 
JLJL
N 45° 26.270 W 116° 39.716
11T E 526441 N 5031645
My second favorite place in all of Oregon is Hat Point. There are stunning views of the Hells Canyon area all the way up the gravel road. You go from an area with little rain fall and Arizona like vegetation to high rainfall and Alaska like alpine vegetation. There is a fire-lookout for you to climb once you get there, a geocache and a bench mark to log.
Waymark Code: WM10B
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 09/07/2005
Views: 27
It’s a 2 hour trip from Enterprise. My first visit was in the summer of 89 just before the fire. The road was terrible but I made it just fine. We came back just after the fire in 89 and the road was much improved. This day use area used to be a camp ground back then and I also met Ole, a fire-lookout for many years here.
The fire lookout in 2004 was named Maitreya’s (Sounds like – “My Tray A”) and was his first summer as a lookout. The climb might poop you out since this is at 7,000 feet. Once up there you can see the Seven Devils mountains in Idaho, the Snake River below and lots of canyon country. We watched boats going up the river and rafts going down. Several mountain goats made a brief appearance just north of here. Good facilities are right there.
Altitude in Feet: 6982
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