J;ff'*- Vacation Land — The National Forests in Oregon 



the Crook County line. For the most part the timber is open and free from under- 

 brush. 



There are few parts of the Forest that can not be reached by team or wagon. 

 The streams and lakes afford splendid fishing. The mountains contain deer and 

 several species of game birds. Bear, cougar, foxes, marten, beaver, and other 

 fur-bearing animals are found. 



The most desirable places for camping and recreation are the following: 



Magoon Take is located about 12 miles north of the town of John Day, and is 

 accessible by a rough wagon road from John Day, which is passable by automobile 

 to within 7 miles of the lake. The lake is about a mile long, half a mile wide, and 

 up to 300 feet deep. It lies in the bottom of what was at one time a very deep can- 

 yon, formed by a landslide, and is one of the natural wonders of Oregon. The 

 Forest Service, in cooperation with the State Fish and Game Commission, has planted 

 several varieties of game trout in this lake, and in late years it has become a Mecca 

 for sportsmen from all over eastern Oregon. The hills about the lake are heavily 

 timbered. 



Strawberry Take is a beautiful body of water located at the foot of Strawberry 

 Mountain, which is one of the highest peaks in the Blue Mountains. The lake is 

 accessible by team from Prairie City, 14 miles to the northeast. It covers about 

 45 acres and ranges in depth up to 15 feet. Several varieties of trout have been 

 planted in it. Strawberry Mountain, the summit of which is about 9,000 feet above 

 sea level, is reached by trail from Strawberry Take. The Forest Service maintains 

 a lookout and telephone station here during the summer months. On a clear day 

 it is possible, with the aid of glasses, to see as far east as the Seven Devils in Idaho 

 and as far west as the Cascade Range. 



Togan Valley is just to the south of Strawberry Mountain. A good road leads 

 into the valley from Prairie City by way of the Blue Mountain Hot Springs, a 

 summer resort, thence over the summit of the Blue Mountains, across Summit 

 Prairie, down Summit Creek and into the valley. It is an open mountain valley 

 about 6 by 8 miles in size, entirely surrounded by heavily timbered hills and 

 drained by four mountain streams, all of which converge at the lower end, form- 

 ing the Main Fork of the Malheur River. These streams abound in trout and 

 salmon. At the northern end of the valley, just in the edge of the timber, is the 

 Lake Creek ranger station, where a district ranger is located during the summer 

 months. 



