Canyon Mountain
- Moderate (to Dog Creek)
- 6.6 miles round trip
- 1200 feet elevation gain
- Open June to mid-November
- Use: hikers, horses
- Difficult (to Dean Creek)
- 11 miles round trip
- 1700 feet elevation gain
Gold drew 10,000 miners to Canyon City and Canyon Mountain in 1862. Today this craggy peak is part of the Strawberry Mountain Wilderness, with a scenic, well-graded trail zigzagging along the mountain’s forested flanks.
Start in Canyon City, 2 miles south of John Day on Highway 395. At the Grant County Historical Museum turn east …
The Canyon Mountain Trail sets off through an open forest of scattered ponderosa pines and Douglas firs. …
If you’d like a longer hike …
This chapter taken from the book 100 Hikes/Travel Guide: Eastern Oregon.