Beautiful well kept park! Loved it. Really beautiful and fishing was fun too. Site were long enough…read morefor our 35ft rig.

You are going to get two types of reviews. For people who are frequent campers this is a five…read morestar place. Manicured lawns, sites that have hedges around them and very clean bathrooms and showers. Firewood for sale. A book exchange and a nice trail along the river. For those people it's five stars. For those who don't camp the issue is mosquitoes. There is a swampy area a nearby and if there is no breeze especially in the evening, they can be overwhelming. I am from Alaska and the mosquito is the state bird. Here they are equally impressive. If you have screens and bug dope, they are manageable because it's mainly in the evening they are a pain. If you don't, prepare it's uncomfortable and those campers would say two stars.

Its a real treat to be able to camp in a pristine state park that has only been open a month! We…read morestopped here for a few nights of camping on a longer roadtrip. It feels INCREDIBLY isolated. Out of cell service and quite far from any kind of services. The campground itself is quite small and open - but with big grassy pads for tenting and great star gazing. Each site has a fire pit and picnic table. There was no camp host but we were able to buy a bundle of firewood. Pit toilets in the bathrooms and a day use area with a power outlet where we charged our phones. The site has some interesting history, previously being the site of a sawmill. There are some placards around about this. We spent a bit of time exploring the trails - well maintained and pretty sufficient for a family with small kids. My kids also enjoyed seeing the pond and dam.

We drove out to the Painted Hills for a day trip and had a great couple hours exploring the area…read more We walked most of the trails and it's such a unique place to see - well worth the 1+ hour drive from civilization. It even rained just a bit while we were there and a rainbow came out - wow! High recommend.

The Painted Hills Unit of the John Day National Monument was indeed a very scenic and beautiful…read moresight seeing stop as we were in the Bend, Oregon area. After seeing Yelp entries I am kind of kicking myself for not proceeding to the Painted Cove area as the walk through there looks amazing. We just stopped at the main Painted Hills and did not proceed further. But what we saw was beautiful. With the three primary colors of yellow, red and black you can see the layers of these colors in the Hills. The texture of the Hills are amazing too. And I suppose depending on the angle of the sun enhances these textures as far as appearance goes. You can see little trails all through these Hills and at first I thought they were hiking trails for people but they are indeed wildlife trails and people are to not go on them. There are signs all over that go into the history here and it is both fascinating and beautiful. We were here mid-morning but I am told the colors really get enhanced at sunrise or sunset.

We've gone on family adventures with Go Wild! multiple times and could not be more enthusiastic…read more We just did a 4 day backpack in the Wallowa's with our family of 6...our kids range from High School to just graduated college and it was the perfect experience for some quality time together away from all the chaos of day to day life. It's not glamping, but Dan and his squad take care of all the details and are focused on making sure you have a great time. The fire is lit. The coffee is ready. The cocktails are poured. And the meals are 5-star. The whole thing is 5-star! We recommend Go Wild! to anyone wanting to get away from it all for a couple days and have a great time and a unique adventure.

From the owner: Go Wild runs outdoor focused culinary inspired day tours in Baker City and hosts catered outdoor…read moreparties for groups and businesses.

this trip was the very first camping / river rafting trip me and my husband have ever been on, so…read moreneedless to say we were a bit nervous going in. Minam's team exceeded our expectations! They are so knowledgeable and truly so good at what they do, we couldn't have felt more safe and taken care of. The camping and rafting was exciting and fun, then we were wine and dined the entire 4 days. This team can truly do it all, I am still thinking " how do they do this?!?!" if you were ever thinking of going on a guided trip like this, I couldn't recommend the Minam team more. Grant, Jerry, Ian, and Robert, you all are incredible . Thank you!!! We are already trying to plan for next year!

I took the 4 day 3 night trip down from Wallowa (town) on the Wallowa river to the confluence where…read moreit becomes the Grande Ronde river (the rivers connect at the Minam store). A friend and I went by van ride up to the launch in Wallowa and went forward into the wilderness of the Blue mountains. This is geologically beautiful country with magical rock formations thronged by big horn sheep - we saw a group of 20 that entertained us across the river at camp. The fishing was fantastic. Half of the fish were around 14 inches up to right around 20 inches. These are highly capable broad-shouldered fish. Captain Grant, Captain Bobby, and First Mate Callen capably led our expedition. The well-trained and yet affectionate dogs put a cherry on top. Highly recommended. I effing love Oregon. They have a rail ride too.

THEY (almost) LEFT US FOR DEAD! My three daughters and I stayed 2 nights in their lodge and booked…read morethem for their shuttle service as we embarked on a 2 day paddle down the John Day River. The room we stayed in was pretty awful, AC, lights, and electric outlets were all not working. But the real kicker was the potential LIFE-THREATINING situation they put my daughters and I in as they completely FORGOT to shuttle my car to our extraction point along the J.Day River. This area is very remote. After waiting 3 hours without food or water, I decided to hike out of the area to try to find help. Fortunately after about 3 miles of walking I was able to find someone with a phone that had service, and called Service Creek Lodge. After clearly forgetting about us, they were oddly UNAPOLOGETIC about their monumental scew-up and said they'd be at our location in an hour to pick us up. They finally showed up 3 hours later. We waited 6 HOURS all together for them to pick us up. Emergency rescue services were in pursuit to rescue us after my wife reported us missing. After arriving back at the Service Creek Lodge, they were again strangely UNAPOLOGETIC when confronting their managers. In fact, the demeanor and their body language told us they did not care one bit. Very weird behavior. This completely shattered my stereotype about country folks being friendly. My daughters (two out of the three of them are African-American) started to wonder if there was some weird racial elements going on...I don't blame them, at this point it seemed like a fair inquiry. I asked for a refund, their response was "email us in a week" to ask for a refund. I emailed them a week later, and they agreed to refund us for everything (lodge, shuttle), but after 4 months I still have not received a refund or any more email responses from them....and still have not received ONE APOLOGY. Incredible.

I have taken time to read reviews Thank you all. You have…read moresaved us a lot of money, I knew service creek was in poor shape but we love the location & we thought we could build it back to life. When a business is this far gone, there is no hope & that is so very sad