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NATIONAL HISTORIC OREGON TRAIL INTERPRETIVE CENTER

Winter hours 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday-Sunday. Closed Thanksgiving Day, Nov.
28.

The National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center offers living history
demonstrations, interpretive programs, exhibits, multi-media presentations,
special events, and more than four miles of interpretive trails.

Using life-size displays, films and live theater presentations, this Center
tells the story of Oregon Trail pioneers, explorers, miners and settlers of the
frontier west. The 500 acre site includes remnants of the historic Flagstaff
Gold Mine, actual ruts carved by pioneer wagons, and magnificent vistas of the
historic trail route.

For a wealth of resources on the Oregon Trail, including maps, FAQs, basic
facts, teacher guides, and more, please explore our History and Educational
Resources page. Our Events and Programs page provides additional information on
current and upcoming activities at the Center, calendars, and programming.

 

Hours of Operation

Summer hours of operation are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily through Oct. 20. Closed
Monday, Oct. 14, for Columbus Day.

Winter hours begin Oct. 21, 2024: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday-Sunday, closed
Monday-Wednesday. The center will be closed Thursday, Nov. 28, for Thanksgiving.

Directions

The Center is located at 22267 Hwy. 86, Baker City, OR 97814. From I-84, take
Exit 302 to Hwy. 86 and travel east (away from town) 4 ½ miles. The interpretive
center driveway will be to your left.

The Ruts Access site is to the left before you reach the interpretive center
driveway. Please do your part to protect the ruts by staying on developed
trails.

Admission

Summer admission (April 1-Oct. 31): $8 for age 16 and up, $6 for seniors, good
for two days with receipt.

Winter admission (Nov. 1-March 31): $5 for age 16 and up, $4 for seniors, also
good for two days with receipt.

Fee Free Days 2024: Saturday, Sept. 28, National Public Lands Day; Saturday,
Oct. 26, Haunting on the Hill; Nov. 30-Dec. 31, 2024.

Group Visits


SCHOOL GROUPS

A park ranger can meet your group at the historic ruts or the wagon encampment
area for a 45 minute program (weather permitting). To schedule your visit,
please call 541-523-1843 or email BLM_OR_NH_Mail@blm.gov.

Rangers can also make classroom visits to any public, private, or home school in
Baker County. To schedule your visit, please call 541-523-1843 or email
BLM_OR_NH_Mail@blm.gov.


COMMERCIAL TOUR GROUPS OR ORGANIZED GROUPS OF TEN OR MORE

To schedule a 30 minute ranger talk for your group at the historic ruts or the
wagon encampment area (weather permitting), please call 541-523-1843 or email
BLM_OR_NH_Mail@blm.gov.

Contact Us

541-523-1843
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Accessibility (ABA/ADA)

The site has 3 parking areas. The lot closest to the center has 4 accessible
parking spaces large enough to accommodate vehicles with a side lift or ramp for
a mobility device. This lot has 21 other spaces including some that are
pull-through spaces for RVs and buses. Curb cuts provide easy access from the
parking lot to the paved paths leading to the center and the adjacent boardwalk.

Inside the Interpretive Center are 2 gender-specific restrooms with flush
toilets, one of which is in an accessible stall. There is a drinking fountain
and water bottle fill station at the entrance of the restrooms.

Behind the information desk in the Interpretive Center is a theater that has
bench seating and an open space in the back for wheelchairs and other mobility
devices. There are wide walkways that wind through tactile interpretive exhibits
of a wagon train, some of which might be too high for wheelchair users to easily
view. The center also has dress-up exhibits. Visitors with noise sensitivity
should be aware that the interior of the center can be very loud, with numerous
audio/visual exhibits operating throughout the facility.

Near the center are 4 connected picnic shelters with 4 accessible parking spaces
that each have an access aisle to accommodate vehicles with side lifts or ramps.
The farthest left picnic table has an extended end to accommodate wheelchair
users.

From the center’s back patio visitors can access approximately 2 miles of paved
trails, which are 30 inches wide and less than 2 percent grade. Several benches
without arms are scattered along the paths.

The Flagstaff Hill Loop Trail is an easy ½-mile paved loop around the
Interpretive Center and the Wagon Encampment. There is also a short, easy paved
trail off Oregon Route 86 that leads to the ruts.

The Panorama Point Trail, off the Flagstaff Hill Loop Trail, is a moderate paved
trail that leads 0.75 miles up to Panorama Point and down the other side, on the
0.4-mile Mountain Ash Trail, to the Oregon Trail. Switchbacks along the Panorama
Point Trail offset the steeper grade. Along this trail is the Lode Mine, Stamp
Mill, and 3 shade shelters—one at the top, one halfway up, and one at the
intersection with the unpaved Ascent Trail.

There are also 1.6 miles of hard-packed dirt paths leading to the Oregon Trail
ruts. These paths were not designed with accessibility in mind, although they
have only 2 to 4 percent grades. The paths include the Ascent Trail (0.8 miles),
Auburn Burnt River Spur Trail (0.4 miles), and Eagle Valley Railroad Loop trail
(0.4 miles).

A concrete path leads to a partially shaded boardwalk interpretive area next to
the Oregon Trail wagon ruts. This structure has vertical and angled interpretive
panels discussing the area, some wooden benches, some more open areas and some
areas with several vertical posts, which might be difficult to navigate through
for visitors using mobility devices when it’s crowded.

Other interpretive panels on the history of the Trail are distributed throughout
the site. These panels are at height appropriate for people who use wheelchairs.

Interpretive Center Accessibility Features Flickr Album(link is external)




VISITOR CENTERS

 * Arctic Interagency Visitor Center
 * California Trail Center
 * Campbell Creek Science Center
 * Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center & Museum
 * Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
 * Headwaters Forest Reserve Education Center
 * John Jarvie Historic Ranch
 * Little Sahara Recreation Area
 * Missouri Breaks Interpretive Center
 * National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center
    * Events and Programs
    * History and Educational Resources

 * National Historic Trails Interpretive Center
 * Pompeys Pillar National Monument Interpretive Center

CONTACT US

22267 Hwy. 86, Baker City, OR 97814

541-523-1843
BLM_OR_NH_Mail@blm.gov

EDUCATION AND HISTORY

For a wealth of resources on the Oregon Trail, including maps, FAQs, basic
facts, teacher guides, and more, please explore our History and Educational
Resources page.


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