Destinations · Oregon
OR · 44.7750, -117.8344
Hells Canyon, Elkhorn Drive and Journey Through Time are 3 of 5 signed byways within 30 miles of Baker City, Oregon.
Get in
Most people will arrive on the I-84 which runs from Portland through to Boise and beyond. Highway 7 runs west to John Day and Highway 86 goes east as the Hell's Canyon Scenic Highway.
The drives · Designated roads lead.
Ordered by federal designation, then by how close each one runs to Baker City. All-American Roads and National Scenic Byways are named by the Federal Highway Administration, not by us.
State scenic byway · 2 mi out
Runs through Umatilla National Forest and Wallowa-Whitman National Forest.
State scenic byway · 9 mi out
Runs through Malheur National Forest and Wallowa-Whitman National Forest.
State scenic byway · 29 mi out
Runs through Umatilla National Forest and Wallowa-Whitman National Forest.
Planned by the Byway engine on real roads: every stop traces to an OpenStreetMap feature, and the total time counts driving and the stops themselves.
Loop 1 · 8 h window · 198 mi
7 h 29 loop · 5 stops · back by 4:29 PM. Rides the Hells Canyon (+16 min).
Touches Hells Canyon, Elkhorn Drive, Journey Through Time
Byway's engine bakes one loop from Baker City: 8 h, 198 miles, 5 stops. The time counts the driving and the stops themselves.
The 8 h loop stops at Mason Dam Viewpoint, Huckleberry Mountain, Strawberry Mountain, Murray Peak and Baker Heritage Museum. Each stop traces to an OpenStreetMap feature.
Measured from Byway's own registries, 30 miles around town.
The engine starts from town, weaves the byways and verified stops around it, and hands back an honest schedule — zero hallucinations.
Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.